Monthly Archives: October 2020
20201029. The model mid-century modern mini-mall.
20201028. Despite its appearance, Toronto rail bridge 202 (CPR Belleville Subdivision) over Sheppard Ave East in the C D Farquharson hood was found in good condition when last inspected in 2018.
20201027. Dreaming in the Financial District (Jaume Plensa, Richmond-Adelaide Centre, 2020).
20201026. The fairly pristine round zig zig roof pavilion at the Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies .
20201025. The Agincourt Commercial Centre has interesting Brutalist elements.
20201024. The modern splendour of the Shoreline Towers portico.
20201023. The west elevation of the 1964 Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church.
20201022. This is a modest mid-century modern lovely little low-rise abode on Vaughan Road.
20201021. The most brutalist part of the former Grand Hotel has been demolished.
20201020. It is rare to see a skyscraper wrapped in plastic. Mowat Block, MacDonald Block Complex, Ontario Government. See the scaffolding below the plastic at https://bit.ly/35prG9l.
20201019. Alexandra Park’s new box and no gable townhouses contrast nicely with the old bay and gable rowhouses.
20201018. The Pharmacy Avenue overpass crosses the CPR railway tracks and this tiny parking lot.
20201017. The other side of this mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961). 3/3.
20201016. The mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961).
20201015. The mid-century expressionist West Ellesmere United Church with its parabolic arches and natural Napanee quarried stone (Craig & Zeidler, 1958).
20201014. Looking up an old electricity pylon in the most likely abandoned Warden hydro corridor. North of Hwy 401, the towers have been removed and filled in with linear housing developments.
20201013. The brutalist parallel triangle wedge-shaped parkade exit stairwell.
20201012. Bracing the facade of one of the heritage buildings along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use development.
20201011. Demolition of heritage buildings behind braced facades continues along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20201010. The westmost of three identical 22-storey modern condo towers known as Millgate Manor seems to be a big slab of concrete that fills up the sky.
20201009. Geometrically, the Manulife Centre’s new glass skirt seems to work with the brutalist tower but its most interesting feature now lies hidden.
20201008. Fancy Transformer Substation.
20201007. The view from here (standing on crumbling steps looking at the empty sign frames of a failed development).
20201006. An interesting feature of Edgeley in the Park (Irving Grossman, 1971, Jane and Finch) is that the south-facing wing (left) has its facades reversed when compared to the rest of the building (see previously posted photos – 4/4).
