Monthly Archives: August 2013
Photo 20130828. An assortment of windows (near Kennedy Stn). Minimal Aesthetic #13.
Photo 20130827. Colour and cracks in a concrete underpass (St. Clair and Warden).
Photo 20130826. A section of the Toronto City Hall podium roof at dusk.
Photo 20130825. NXT2 Condominium’s east tower (Queensway / Kingsway).
Photo 20130824. Small plant in top left window. Minimal Aesthetic #12.
Photo 20130823. The Dominion Public Building, 1 Front Street West (c.1935, Beaux Arts neoclassical architectural style, Fuller and Craig Architects).
Photo 20130822. Construction dominates the west-facing skyline over a locomotive at the Toronto Railway Museum.
Buildings under construction include the new Delta Hotel, Bremner Tower and the two Ice Condos.
Photo 20130821. The TTC train track & transmission tower trail (on Sunday’s walk).
Photo 20130820. The Pier 27 Condominiums at Yonge and Queen’s Quay are going up fast!
Photo 20130819. Danger at Warden Substation (supplies traction power for Bloor-Danforth subway line).
Photo 20130818. The round 40 Firvalley Ct., Scarborough – spruced up after an ignominious past as Toronto Community Housing’s worst building.
Photo 20130817. Blue skies above the Humber Bay Bridge.
Photo 20130816. Looking up, way up at the stainless steel clad Commerce Court West tower (c.1972, International Style, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects).
Photo 20130815. Chrome sky on textured blue. Minimal Aesthetic #11.
Photo 20130814. Sherbourne Common without water is not common.
Photo 20130813. Commerce Court squared.
Photo 20130812. A glass plane intersects this Beaux Arts building (Commerce Court North Tower, c.1931 Architects Pearson and Darling).
Photo 20130811. The L-Tower at Yonge and Esplanade and its external crane reach for the sky.
Photo 20130810. A tree sprouts in the canyon between twin 44-storey Leaside Towers in Thorncliffe Park.
Photo 20130809. Lock boxes – a sure sign that real estate agents are nearby.
Photo 20130808. Detroit. The stabilized Fine Arts Building/Adams Theatre facade has stood for 4 years, facing an uncertain future.
Photo20130807. A reflection on bicycles.
Photo 20130806. A bank of public phones at Downsview station. Minimal Aesthetic #10.
Photo 20130805. Your view from the 6th floor of the future Yards at Fort York condo.
