Monthly Archives: April 2014
20140428. The glass-covered interior court of the Ellicott Square Building – “one of Buffalo’s most ornamental public spaces.”
I was excited to get inside here for a reason other than the grandeur of this place named after the founder of Buffalo. There was a Charlie the Butcher outlet serving Beef on Weck (to the right and mostly out of frame) which I was told was amazing. Sadly, I completely forgot about the sandwich after photographing the court.
20140427. There is no darkness at night in the barren back alleys of the townhouses on Sudbury St, Toronto.
20140426. The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General’s Brutalist Milton Courthouse.
20140425. The Buffalo Skyway off-ramp to I-190 reminds me of Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway off-ramp at Bay Street.
Toronto’s off-ramp (soon to be demolished) features a park in the middle whereas Buffalo’s off-ramp features a parking lot. Buffalo is reminiscent of a 1970s Toronto with the large number of parking lots downtown.
20140424. York Region Transit has great bus shelters with accessible heated enclosures, real-time arrival info and Presto devices on dedicated busways.
20140423. The 40-floor One Seneca Place in Buffalo is almost empty and facing foreclosure (c.1972).
I have never encountered a building only 40 years old and empty. Do you know of any others?
20140422. The postmodern and pretty mundane Markham Civic Centre (c.1990, Architect Arthur Erickson).
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20140421. Trailers sit in the shade below the General Mills plant in Buffalo.
20140420. Entering the quad of the symmetrical Park Terrace Apartments (c.1955, Yonge and Lawrence in Toronto).
20140419. A barren waiting area at the brutalist Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center.
20140418. The modernist concrete mushroom outside the 1965 B’Nai Fishel Tower B (105 West Lodge Ave, Toronto).
At one time, these buildings were luxurious but fell into disrepair quickly.I lived here as a wee child in 1973.
This image is from the archives – taken March 2012.
This image is from the archives – taken March 2012.
20140417. The stunning One M&T Plaza building in Buffalo (Architect Minoru Yamasaki, c.1966).
20140416. Gaining perspective under a covered walkway (along Buffalo’s Main St. LRT).
20140415. Toronto’s Don Jail entrance before and during demolition.
20140414. The brutalist Erie Basin Marina Observation Tower in Buffalo.
20140413. Six different windows on a square building. Minimal aesthetic #31.
20140412. The long neglected Railway Express Building platforms at Buffalo Central Terminal.
20140411. A remarkably rusty shed. 500 Smith St, Buffalo. Minimal aesthetic #30.
20140410. The fantastic, abandoned Art Deco Buffalo Central Terminal railroad station (c.1929).
20140409. At the foot of Jefferson Ave in Buffalo.
20140408. Sodium vapour lamps on blue sky. Minimal Aesthetic #29.
20140406. Down the St. Clair Reservoir (c.1932) stairs and into the valley (Toronto).
20140405. Nice light on an underwhelming post modern condominium at 7 King St E in Toronto.
I hope you don’t mind the daily photo being posted in advance of a weekend trip. Stay tuned as the Toronto Photography Blog features the under-appreciated city of Buffalo.
20140404. The International Style residential Tower Hill West Apartments (St. Clair and Spadina, Toronto, c.1969).
I hope you don’t mind the daily photo being posted in advance of a weekend trip. Stay tuned as the Toronto Photography Blog features the under-appreciated city of Buffalo.