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20170212. The brutalist blockiness of 55 St. Clair West (Esso Place, WZMH Architects, 1981).

February 13, 2017 Vik

20170212. The brutalist blockiness of 55 St. Clair West (Esso Pl

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  • 20241120. A) Another pic of the doomed west-side blocks of Pape for the Cosburn Ontario Line station. B) With the PRIVATE sign in the background, I won a challenge by the security guard returning to his car. November 21, 2024
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  • 0241117. These houses at Eglinton and Bayview are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will also rise above the Leaside Crosstown station. November 18, 2024
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  • 20241120. A) Another pic of the doomed west-side blocks of Pape for the Cosburn Ontario Line station. B) With the PRIVATE sign in the background, I won a challenge by the security guard returning to his car.
  • 20241119. Catching a glimpse of the CN Tower between the Distillery and Canary districts. 
  • 20241118. Say goodbye to the buildings on the west side of Pape between Gamble and Gowan for construction of Cosburn Station on the Ontario Line (Image 1: S of Cosburn, Image 2: N of Cosburn).
  • 0241117. These houses at Eglinton and Bayview are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will also rise above the Leaside Crosstown station.
  • 20241116. This house and the one next door, at Eglinton and Bayview, are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will rise above the Leaside Crosstown station.
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