20230227. Brutalism in Brick.
Monthly Archives: February 2023
20230226. A fascinating chamfered corner on a modest art deco building. The abrupt change in material of the cornice and the vertical concrete element seem to suggest that there was once two signs (perhaps with neon lighting) over the doorway facing opposite directions.
20230219. Commerce Court courtyard.
20230218. Strathcona Hotel Facade.
20230217. This McDonald’s at Queen and Church can be rather sketchy at times but I would rather it stay than the 60 (sixty!) storey skyscraper coming. All facades but that of the McDonald’s building will be retained. Apart from that condo to the left all buildings are low-rise on this block.
20230216. RBC Plaza.
20230215. The dude at the Brookfield Place Obelisk.
20230214. Lamp on Brick.
20230210. Walking in the shadow of the sun. I am not really sure what that means but it seems appropriate.
20230209. I have a thing for parking garage entrances. This is the Prestige Condos at 28 Freeland Street.
20230207. What was left of the Campbells Soup Factory in 2021. Now or soon you can have an industrial suite at the Birmingham Industrial park – aptly named for the address of this factory at 60 Birmingham.
20230206. There goes the 1947 LCBO warehouse on Toronto’s waterfront. The booze supply now sits at the much larger Durham warehouse and LCBO has contracted Trillium Supply to handle their ecommerce.
20230205. With the Sugar Wharf Condos Phase 1 rising in the background (64, 70 storeys), the LCBO lands are being prepared for Sugar Wharf Phase 2 (64, 70 storeys) which will retain the bridge and facades.
20230204. When I was last at Union Station, passing between TTC and GO, the most salient features made me wonder why the bathrooms are so far away and confirm that I was indoors.
20230203. ‘Gong Stochastique 96’ by Claude Tousignant (1965), a member of the Montreal modern art movement. Scott Library, York University, Toronto.
20230202. A fellow floating at a foggy Firkin Flatiron, putting up a pole at the pub.
20230201. The missing middle. The buildings demolished (Queen and Mutual), from 1874-1893, were constructed of wood and assessed as not heritage-worthy and will be replaced by another condo tower. An area that was mostly low-rise has been revitalized into a high-rise hood.
20230131. McVeigh’s, the last building on the block. 124 Church St was the Windsor Hotel when built in 1882. Now there are plans to pop 2 floors on top and turn it back into a hotel AND put a 45-storey condo tower behind it. Images of the hotel in 1972 and 1913 included.
