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20220129. Fire Department connections in sun and shadow.

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20220128. The Winton Place condos are unusual in that they look more institutional than residential.

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I waited a long time for that elevator.

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20220127. The Agnes MacPhail apartment complex features two towers connected by a narrow section in between them.

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20220126. At these modern Jane and Finch townhomes, projecting volumes and fenestration orientations alternate.

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20220125. A vine like a tree on tesselated concrete at the SCARBOROUGH VILLAGE RECREATION CENTRE.

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20220124. The Columbus Centre with its “over-scaled curving corrugated cornice” and “long arched window openings with an italiante quality.”

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20220123. The Albert Campbell Library is back but different.

Image January 22, 2022 Vik
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20220122. Braking for the last slivers of sunset.

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20220121. The new Aquabella at Bayside features striping on the ground floor facade and balcony walls.

Image January 21, 2022 Vik

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20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise.

Image January 21, 2022 Vik
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20220119. Precast Concrete vs Corrugated Metal. Minimal Aesthetic #167.

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20220118. The award-winning St. Joan of Arc Church (William Saccoccio, 1967).

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20220117. The Evangeline Residence is the second largest women’s shelter in Toronto (from 2017).

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20220116. The days are numbered for this modern, handsome, uniquely cladded former Universal Studios Canada building at Victoria Park and Sheppard

Image January 16, 2022 Vik
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20220115. Form follows function on this apartment building facade. The middle windows not level with the others suggests stairwell.

Image January 15, 2022 Vik
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20220114. The Bayview Towers complex includes 4 buildings with 70 Ruddington Dr (centre) built 20 years later than the other 3. Differences include corner balconies, the roofline and fenestration.

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20220113. The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church of Alderwood, Etobicoke.

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20220112. The unusual glass block windows at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (1957).

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20220111. Connecting holes in a modern concrete wall.

Image January 12, 2022 Vik
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20220110. The lines of the Munich RE Centre (1973).

Image January 11, 2022 Vik
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20220109. St. Patrick Station have never looked like this before.

Image January 9, 2022 Vik

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20220108. The live fire training structure at Fire Station 441.

Image January 8, 2022 Vik
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20220107. Looking up at a fancy ceiling inside some new condo or another. Minimal Aesthetic #165.

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20220106. Getting gothic at the gothic tudor Bradgate Arms Retirement Residence.

Image January 6, 2022 Vik

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