Monthly Archives: December 2013
Photo 20131230. Royal York Hotel’s spiral stairwell and clock, Toronto. Elegant or tacky?
Photo 20131229. The Brutalist but not concrete Toronto District School Board offices (Mathers and Haldenby, 1970).
Photo 20131228. New galvanized metal wall panels vs. old vitreous marble tiles at St. Andrew Stn, Toronto.
Photo 20131227. The longest hallway in Toronto, perhaps?
Photo 20131226. The Joseph Shepard Federal Building (4900 Yonge, Toronto, Macy DuBois Architect, 1977).
Photo 20131225. “Going down or up the escalators at the Sheraton hotel in Toronto” #2.
Photo 20131224. Another fraternal organization building – Loyal Order of Moose (LOOM) lodge, Detroit.
Yesterday’s photo featured the more well-known Masonic Temple. Both these buildings are owned by the Ilitch organization – a group that is buying up a lot of porperty in the “arena” area of Detroit.
The LOOM lodge has a basement that is larger than the building itself – extending under the sidewalks.
Photo 20131223. The world’s largest Masonic Temple (Detroit, c.1922, neo-gothic).
Photo 20131222. The Shining at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto.
Photo 20131221. Going down or up the escalators at the Sheraton hotel in Toronto.
Photo 20131220. Stairwell from the underground. Minimal Aesthetic #19.
Photo 20131219. Out of the ground sprouts Bay Adelaide Centre East, Toronto.
Unlike most buildings built in the area (with reinforced concrete), this building will have a concrete core surrounded by a steel beam structure.
Photo 20131218. The cavernous TTC Downsview Station bus terminal from below grade (Toronto).
Photo 20131217. Orange trees frame a stairwell going down below Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
Photo 20131216. The original bank vault built into bedrock in 1913 at 1 King W, Toronto.
The vault features a 4-foot thick steel door weighing 40 tonnes that can be moved with a finger.
Photo 20131215. A vertigo-inducing view of a Beaux Arts building below (Commerce Court North Tower, Toronto).
Photo 20131214. The Omni King Edward Hotel appears amidst new ruins in Toronto.
The Omni King Edward Hotel? Yes, as in Omni Hotels and Resorts.
Photo 20131213. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s largest continuous exhibition space is almost 6 acres.
Photo 20131212. The often overlooked and rarely visited Glencairn Subway station, Toronto.
Design by Adamson Associates, Glencairn opened in 1978. It features a vaulted glass roof spanning the length of the station, unfinished concrete walls, seating sheltered within glass walls and backlit signage.
Photo20131211. 205 unit building at 59 Seward, uptown Detroit. SOLD at $63,100 (2011).
Photo 20131210. Mt. Sinai is such a brutalist hospital (Toronto).
Photo 20131209. Sound baffling wall under high-pressure sodium lamp light. Minimal Aesthetic #18.
Photo 20131208. The water tower stands (c.1920s) amidst ruins at Detroit’s Packard Plant.
Photo 20131207. Subway entrances respond to traffic signals. Queen’s Park subway, Toronto.
