Monthly Archives: January 2015
20150129. An old school Leon’s Furniture lights up Toronto’s Danforth Village neighbourhood.
20150128. At 129 metres in height, Toronto’s Leaside Towers in Thorncliffe Park scrape the sky.
20150127. The length of Toronto’s subway stations is made apparent at Warden.
20150126. Toronto’s John Street Roundhouse (c.1929) is home to Toronto Railway Museum, SteamWhistle Brewing and Leons Furniture.
To learn more about the history of the John Street Roundhouse, come to a talk this Saturday: http://ow.ly/HZuho
20150125. A view of many rooms in the 4th Dickinson modernist high-rise demolition in Toronto’s Regent Park.
20150124. Toronto’s new PATH bridge looms above Lower Simcoe St but is dwarfed beneath the CN Tower.
20150123. Pre-cast canadiana concrete close-up under blue sky. Minimal Aesthetic 48.
20150122. Goodbye Guvernment. This complex in Toronto will meet the wrecking ball next week.
The Guvernment will give way to the Daniels Corporation for a commercial/residential community.
20150121. Balconies at Thorncliffe Park’s Rideau 3 apartment high-rise in Toronto make for a compelling optical illusion.
20150120. Shadow versus sunlight at Parkway Place 2 and 3 (1965/66). Thorncliffe Park, Toronto.
20150119. The tower of the modern gothic-art deco Whitney Block sits empty in Toronto.
This is the southern half of an Ontario Government office building situated east of the Ontario Legislature to which it is connected by tunnel. The building was erected in 1925 and the tower in 1932. The tower has sat empty since the late sixties.
20140118. The abandoned open pit mine in Marmora, Ontario is so vast and deep that it is classified as a lake.
In the two years since my last visit, the water level in the open pit has filled in noticeably (probably at 400 ft deep now). All the ore processing equipment, tanks and ancient excavator have been removed. The hole covers 85 acres, is 1700 feet long, 1100 feet wide and 600 feet deep.
20150117. Parallelograms of sunlight and reflected light interfere inside an unusual parkade in Toronto.
20150116. Vanishing down the pedestrian bridge to Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 1 Express Park Garage.
20150115. Under the stars and beyond the tracks stand the West Lodge Towers.
Located in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, these curved 1965 modernist buildings are also known as the Bnai Fishel Towers. They were opened by then Premier John Robarts. Although initially quite luxurious, they fell into decline quickly. Recently the balconies were replaced – perhaps additional renovations were completed to help lessen the infamy of the complex.
I could not resist posting this image despite its low quality – I lived here for a short while when five years old!
20140114. The Atos Markham Pan Am Centre will host water polo, badminton and table tennis during the 2015 Toronto Pan Am games.
This building, designed by B+H Architects, is located in the new future Downtown Markham under development near Warden and Hwy 7.
20150113. Toronto Pearson Airport’s automated Terminal Link Train zips by as it is pulled by cable between stations.
20150112. Variable aging of building panels adds character to CIBC’s complex at 750 Lawrence St W in Toronto.
Bregman + Hamann Architects, 1981
20150111. A thick fog lends an eerie perspective to Toronto’s waterfront.
20150110. Randomly lit windows set the Couture Condominium (Bloor/Jarvis) apart from neighbouring high-rises on a foggy night.
20150109. This pedestrian bridge leads to the impressive facade of the Value Park Garage from Pearson Airport’s Terminal Link Train Viscount Station.
20150108. An seemingly suspended set of screens shows flight arrival information at Pearson Airport’s Terminal 1 Arrivals deck.
20140107. Slats beneath ramps. Terminal 1, Toronto Pearson International Airport. Minimal Aesthetic 47.
20150106. Approach Toronto’s international airport on the new Union Pearson Express later this year.
