photos 20240622. The way the IMMIX rental building handles Fire Hall #3 and its clock tower (1872) strikes me as overly busy with patterned balconies and discordant materials at ground level but I do like the quality of restoration by ERA Architects, the glass facade of the long gone hall and the way the clock face is against a more subtle background. Image June 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240621. From fast food to slow decay on Dundas. Can you guess the franchise? Image June 22, 2024 Vik
photos 20240620. Dupont Station has a new storage room and new art all around it. James Sutherland, the artist behind the giant flower tilework at platform level from 1978 has now created this second art installation entitled “The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower” (2021). Image June 21, 2024 Vik
photos 20240619. The under construction, being demolished, new, and condemned in Regent Park. The newish building has siding that resembles boarded up windows. Image June 20, 2024 Vik
photos 20240618. During the Dundas (or Do) West Fest, I discovered Hank’s Liquor in a building one can consider ‘front yard infill.’ Image June 19, 2024 Vik
photos 20240617. The dome-less byzantine St Anne’s Anglican Church (WF Howland, 1907). A woman at the site asked if I was a reporter and then insisted that it was an accidental fire despite three police cars blocking off access to the road in front. Image June 18, 2024 Vik
photos 20240606. CN Tower XVII. In Monochrome. Image June 7, 2024 Vik Construction is almost complete in this first hotel-only tower (45 storey) constructed in Toronto in the last 20 years. Page+Steele / IBI Group Architects.
photos 20240605. CN Tower XVI. What seems to be a wet tower with dry pixelated patches is really a wet tower with spot repairs done with a smooth finished concrete contrasting with the original texture. Image June 6, 2024 Vik
photos 20240604. Demolition of the second-last old (around 1947) mid-rise apartment building in Regent Park continues. The CN Tower series will return shortly. Image June 5, 2024 Vik