Monthly Archives: January 2021
20210130. Peering through steel bridge piers across the West Don River.
20210129. A clutter of street lights.
20210128. 777 Bay Street gleams at dusk. Webb Zerafa Menkes (now WZMH Architects), 1983.
20210127. Light-induced diamonds in the subway.
20210126. Remembering the Riverdale Hospital in its 50th year and just as demolition was beginning (July 2013). Chapman & Hurst, 1963.
20210125. Glencairn Station has a new skylight system, a reimagination of the original skylight panels by artist Rita Letendre that were removed due to water damage.
20210124. Parking under the overpass at Lawrence East Station.
20210123. Manulife in Monochrome.
20210122. Get some tasty tandoori or sell cash for gold at this postmodern scarborough strip mall.
20210121. The Great Wall of Queens Quay provides a sound barrier between Redpath Sugar and the Pier 27 Condos.
20210120. The open air pavilion in St James Park was inspired by the Gothic arches of the neighbouring St. James Cathedral.
20210119. 93 years later, Loblaws is open once again at Bathurst and Lakeshore but as a grocery store not the former Loblaw head office and warehouse.
20210118. Under the guise of accelerating construction for affordable housing, the Province has commenced demolition of the heritage-listed 1917-1929 Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company Buildings in the Canary District without the requisite paperwork. Help Friends of the Foundry save the building by signing their petition at https://bit.ly/3oY0Tti.
20210117. Late afternoon beyond the Western Channel.
20210116. Silos South Side. Canada Malting Co., J.S. Metcalf, 1928.
20210115. In the construction pit at Kennedy Station where the Eglinton Crosstown will end.
20210114. Putting into perspective just how big a traffic light is with an unusual installation at a parking garage entrance.
20210113. Last townhouse standing. A single unit from a demolished row of townhouses remains standing as a muster point in Alexandra Park.
20210112 A brutalist radome-topped ground radar tower in the Toronto Pearson International Airport infield cargo area.
20210111. Going to great heights to cast filming light into Toronto’s King Edward Hotel Ballroom.
20210110. The Emerald Park Condos rise over a North York hood like giant trees.
20210109. Now you can get your liquor under the Gardiner Expressway (Bathurst and Housey St).
20210108. The mid-century expressionist Amesbury Park Public Library before its 2017 renovations. Freedman, Petroff, Jeruzalski Architects, 1967, Brookhaven-Amesbury.
20210107. A revitalized block of St. James Town features ultra clean modern towers, a new black tower (previously a No Frills) and townhouses but do these elements match?
