Category Archives: photos
20140108. The San Romanoway Apartments at Jane and Finch (Toronto). 3 buildings, 3 views.
20140107. 77 Wellesley St, Toronto is considered Gothic Revival by some. Built 1926, remodelled 1982.
20140106. Detroit’s Park Ave. From left to right: Blenheim Apts (c.1909), Women’s City Club (c.1922), Cliff Bell’s Club (c.1935), Kales Bldg (c.1914).
20140105. In 1891, 133-135 King St E, Toronto was the Army & Navy Clothing Store.
20140104. Canada Bread’s loading dock has seen its last shipment. Liberty Village, Toronto.
20140103. Untouched snow can still be found in Toronto.
20140102. Masonic Temple Pipe. Minimal Aesthetic #20.
20140101. Reflecting on 2013 and departing for 2014. Hope you stay on board for another year of photography!
Photo 20131231. Toronto’s largest Masonic Temple (c.1916, Architect J.W. Sparling) at 888 Yonge.
Photo 20131230. Royal York Hotel’s spiral stairwell and clock, Toronto. Elegant or tacky?
Photo 20131229. The Brutalist but not concrete Toronto District School Board offices (Mathers and Haldenby, 1970).
Photo 20131228. New galvanized metal wall panels vs. old vitreous marble tiles at St. Andrew Stn, Toronto.
Photo 20131227. The longest hallway in Toronto, perhaps?
Photo 20131226. The Joseph Shepard Federal Building (4900 Yonge, Toronto, Macy DuBois Architect, 1977).
Photo 20131225. “Going down or up the escalators at the Sheraton hotel in Toronto” #2.
Photo 20131224. Another fraternal organization building – Loyal Order of Moose (LOOM) lodge, Detroit.
Yesterday’s photo featured the more well-known Masonic Temple. Both these buildings are owned by the Ilitch organization – a group that is buying up a lot of porperty in the “arena” area of Detroit.
The LOOM lodge has a basement that is larger than the building itself – extending under the sidewalks.
Photo 20131223. The world’s largest Masonic Temple (Detroit, c.1922, neo-gothic).
Photo 20131222. The Shining at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto.
Photo 20131221. Going down or up the escalators at the Sheraton hotel in Toronto.
Photo 20131220. Stairwell from the underground. Minimal Aesthetic #19.
Photo 20131219. Out of the ground sprouts Bay Adelaide Centre East, Toronto.
Unlike most buildings built in the area (with reinforced concrete), this building will have a concrete core surrounded by a steel beam structure.
Photo 20131218. The cavernous TTC Downsview Station bus terminal from below grade (Toronto).
Photo 20131217. Orange trees frame a stairwell going down below Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
Photo 20131216. The original bank vault built into bedrock in 1913 at 1 King W, Toronto.
The vault features a 4-foot thick steel door weighing 40 tonnes that can be moved with a finger.
