Monthly Archives: September 2019
20190920. A former Brutalist bank at Danforth and Woodbine.
20190919. 555 Burnhamthorpe Road is a jumble of styles including modernist, brutalist and international style.
20190918. The 1877 Italianate Richard Purdom House (207 McCaul St) named for the architect who commissioned the residence.
20190917. This appears to be token facadism but word has it that the rest of the south wall will return. This image shows the building before and after demolition at 156 Front St W.
20190916. A ground view and aerial view of the bents that should remain to commemorate the Gardiner Expressway’s former Bay Street off-ramp in this new park. Unfortunately, the winning park design does not include them.
20190915. An elevated view of RBC Plaza.
20190914. Looking up at RBC Plaza.
20190913. Looking up at RBC Plaza. Minimal Aesthetic 145.
20190912. The only truly orange exit in the TTC subway system is at St. Clair station.
20190911. Makeshift stairs lead to platforms under the Gardiner as the City prepares to replace the expressway deck.
20190910. This block of buildings bordered by University, Edward, Centre and Dundas, features art deco, gothic, modernist and international styles but will be replaced with a glass tower with only the end facades remaining.
20190909. Looking up in a private courtyard enclosed by walls.
20190908. The unusual social housing on Lumsden Avenue.
20190907. Concrete Stairwell. Minimal Aesthetic 144.
20190906. Looking up past the Residences of College Park at the phenomenal sky.
20190905. Mid-rise modernism with wings at the top of Brown’s Line.
20190904. Maple Leaf Square (2010) reflected in One York across the Gardiner Expressway.
20190903. This Bell Canada building (1919, 1950s) is one of the oldest central offices in Toronto and contains telephone infrastructure and a training facility for service technicians.
20190902. On September 1st, another suspicious fire hit this 1865 heritage house at 314 Jarvis St slated for redevelopment. This image shows the house after a fire in January 2016 after an OMB appeal was launched to counter a city ruling that the development was too tall.
20190901. Looking up a 16 storey neomodern condominium atrium.
20190831. Peering way up Toronto’s Cadillac Fairview Tower.
20190830. Cinema Ras Variety Store & Cafe versus a Moss Park Apartment tower.
20190829. Sculptural piers effortlessly support the bulky National Life Building above its cantilevered second floor (John B. Parkin, 1974).
20190828. The Yonge Street Mission occupied this future site of the YSL Condos at 381 Yonge Street since 1896.
