Monthly Archives: May 2014
20140530. The reflection of the other stairs at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Toronto).
20140529. The High Level Pumping Station’s artifactual vertical triple-expansion steam engine pipe gallery.
20140528. The cast iron glass dome of Toronto’s Allan Gardens Conservatory Palm House.
20140527. The St. Michael’s Hospital Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute double helix pedestrian bridge (Toronto).
20140526. Toronto’s Fort York Armoury with Canada’s largest lattice wood arched roof.
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20140525. Approaching a double helix pedestrian bridge in St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto.
20140524. Inside the Portlands Energy Centre (natural gas powerplant) in Toronto.
20140523. Excavators on a demolition site (Yonge/Eglinton, Toronto) are like toys in a sandbox.
20140522. Waiting for a bus on TTC’s modernist Finch subway station bus platform (Toronto, c.1974).
20140521. The Fort York Branch, the 99th Toronto Public Library is almost ready (Bathurst St and Fort York Blvd).
20140520. Buffalo’s grand Standard Elevator (c.1928, Architect A.E. Baxter).
– Note the architectural details at the front of the elevator.
– The two large dark towers are moveable “marine legs” that take up grain from docked ships.
– Buffalo is/was considered the “elevator capital” of America.
20140519. LED street lamp on a dusk blue sky. Minimal Aesthetic #33.
20140517. Entering the Pape Avenue – CNR Pedestrian Overpass (Riverdale neighbourhood. Toronto).
20140517. The Pape Avenue – CNR Pedestrian Overpass just before sunset (Riverdale neighbourhood, Toronto).
20140516. Inside the remaining storage bins of the Electric Elevator – Buffalo’s first elevator powered by electricity (c.1897).
20140515. Storage bins are all that remain of the Electric Elevator – Buffalo’s first elevator powered by electricity (c.1897).
20140514. A gold-infused personal reflection marks the third anniversary of this photography blog. Thanks for looking!
20140513. The sun has set on these houses at Redpath and Roehampton. Yet another condo will rise near Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto.
20140512. The Toronto Transit Commission’s new Toronto Rocket subway car vs. the old T-1 series car.
20140511. Buffalo’s City Court Building is the epitome of Brutalism (c.1974)
“The windowless walls which present an impentratable facade to Niagara Square, were designed to protect the courtrooms and judges’ chambers from outside distractions, as well as to accomodate sculpture and define space.” From “Buffalo Architecture: A Guide.”
20140510. Night light in black vestibule. Minimal aesthetic #32.
20140509. Buffalo’s awesome Ohio Street Lift Bridge has two towers housing the cables and counter-weights that lift the bridge.
20140509. Buffalo’s awesome Ohio Street Lift Bridge has two towers housing the cables and counter-weights that lift the bridge.
20140508. Sheds on sale sit like a street of suburban houses.
20140507. On weekdays, this vast space under the I-190 at Main St in Buffalo is used as a parking lot.
In Toronto such spaces exist under the Gardiner Expressway west of Spadina Avenue. Some areas are used informally as parking lots while others sit vacant.
With new developments rising next to the Gardiner Expressway, many of these spaces could be reprogrammed whereas in Buffalo, with so much office space unused, new uses for these dead spaces are unlikely.
With the steel beams running into the distance, I find this space intriguing.