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20200629. The abandoned driving test centre in Downsview just south of Sheppard West station.

June 30, 2020 Vik

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20200628. The walkway between the TTC and the YRT at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station is a colourful experience.

June 29, 2020 Vik

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20200627. This old school pedestrian crossing at Oriole GO station will be removed for the realignment of the Highway 401 off-ramp to Leslie Street.

June 28, 2020 Vik

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20200626. University of Toronto’s Stewart Building and Health Sciences building seem to go together nicely.

June 26, 2020 Vik

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20200625. This CN Railway box girder bridge was featured in The Toronto Star’s The Fixer column nine years ago for looking so ugly. I like it.

June 26, 2020 Vik

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20200624. The Salvation Army East Toronto Citadel with its unusual addition.

June 25, 2020 Vik

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20200623. Parkade on Harbour Street.

June 24, 2020 Vik

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20200622. High-rise Brutalism at the Chelmsford Apartments in Agincourt.

June 23, 2020 Vik

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20200621. Brutalism at the Toronto Star Building (1971) includes coarse aggregate concrete.

June 22, 2020 Vik

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20200620. Sun and shadow play on the Gardiner Expressway.

June 21, 2020 Vik

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20200619. Removing a section of the Jarvis Street on-ramp.

June 20, 2020 Vik

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20200618. The massive brutalist shell around the seed of the planetarium.

June 20, 2020 Vik

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20200617. A piece of old on-ramp sits above Jarvis Street waiting to be removed.

June 17, 2020 Vik

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20200616. A tribe of telescopic boom lifts at Sunbelt Rentals.

June 17, 2020 Vik

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20200615. The Corporate Plaza the colour of sky.

June 16, 2020 Vik

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20200614. Re-skinning an apartment tower.

June 15, 2020 Vik

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20200613. Dilapidated basketball throwing courts at the 1966 Presidential Towers.

June 15, 2020 Vik

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20200612. Rexdale Public Library opened in 1959 and was renovated in 1991.

June 12, 2020 Vik

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20200611. Royal York Gardens, 1965.

June 12, 2020 Vik

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20200610. The 1967 Richview Branch of the Toronto Public Library with its rough brick brutalism.

June 11, 2020 Vik

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20200609. The West Transcept Facade at the 1964 Humbervale United Church.

June 9, 2020 Vik

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20200608. Tracks and transmission towers at Kiplng GO.

June 9, 2020 Vik

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20200607. The postmodern gothic townhouse.

June 9, 2020 Vik

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20200606. Rational modern squares of sky and concrete at 151 Bloor Street West.

June 9, 2020 Vik

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20200605. Whites Location Equipment Supply has equipped the film industry for over 50 years from this massive modern warehouse.

June 6, 2020 Vik

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