20220228. Brutalist OISE. Kenneth R. Cooper, 1969.
Monthly Archives: February 2022
20220227. A shiny and angular condo tower stairwell enclosure at Harris Square.
20220226. The unique Chaplin Place condos by Shar-Dee Towers Limited, 1984.
20220225. Partly purple pillars at Underpass Park.
20220225. So that’s how big the concrete pad for a tower crane is. Jac Condos, 308 Jarvis St, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.
20220224. As the pigeon flies … by the modern facade (45 Carlton St., Edward I. Richmond, 1981).
20220223. The Three Sisters of Sussex. Only the middle sister (aka the low energy retrofit Gemini House) kept her hat. University of Toronto, Second Empire, 1879.
20220222. Bracing a facade of built Heritage (John James Funston grocery store, 1885). Happy day of twos!
20220221. The modern building at the Dufferin Gate to Exhibition Place.
20220220. 50 Green Belt Drive, the site of a 2008 double murder-suicide and arson is to be demolished for redevelopment. This building was included in ERA’s 2010 inventory of North York’s modernist architecture.
20220219. This bird turd covered structure at Islington Tower serves as a parking garage exit; fire department connection and garage ventilation.
20220218. The Barrett Centre For Technology Innovation, Perkins & Will, 2019.
20220217. Art Deco Horse Palace (J.J. Woolnough, 1931).
20220216. The recladding of Parkin’s Simpson Tower includes black white walls at street level – for digital advertising perhaps?
20220215. Looking up at the bottom of the table top at OCAD.
20220214. Looking up at Princess Margaret Hospital.
20220213. Now that’s an entrance canopy!
20220212. The concrete-clad Forest Manor apartment complex is named for Brimley Woods, a small patch of forest nearby.
20220211. The gaudy, postmodern and slightly medieval Twentieth Street Junior School.
20220210. The bones of modernism on display during the Riverdale Hospital demolition.
20220209. The indented townhouses at 1 Lynwood Avenue.
20220208. Widdicombe Place (1975) features two condominium towers with clean lines and modern Elements.
20220207. A connection with your reflection at Commerce Court (the two limestone buildings are to be replaced).
20220206. Art Deco Vestibule.
20220205. This unusual row house in Little Portugal features a course stone facade as well as round and stadium-shaped windows.
