Category Archives: photos
Photo 20131118. The crooked and sinking houses on Shaw Street, Toronto.
These houses are built on infill over the Garrison Creek that is shifting over time.
Come on an urban exploration walk this Saturday (Nov 23) and see these houses – 2pm outside Christie subway station.
Photo 20131117. Giant interlocking gates conceal the electric substation at Dupont subway station, Toronto.
Photo 20111116. Below, people wait for the streetcar in front of the now sold Honest Ed’s in Toronto.
Photo 20131115. The Soho Metropolitan hotel/condos infused with Art Deco.
Photo 20131114. Enter the underworld … at Toronto Community Housing in Scarborough.
Photo 20131113. A white dog guards an orange building.
Photo 20131112. This 6-story-sized X marks the spot of the future Queen Richmond Centre West in Toronto.
For a rendering of the building, go to http://www.qrcwest.com/en_building.htm.
Photo 20131111. Dupont subway station symmetry (Toronto).
Photo 20131110. The second platform is starting to show through at Toronto’s Union subway station.
Photo 20131109. Platform level at the neatest subway station in Toronto – Dupont.
Photo 20131108. TTC’s Dupont station glass bubble entrance, Toronto.
Photo 20131107. Rocks and portables of philosophy, University of Toronto Scarborough.
Photo 20131106. The Pillars of Ontario Power.
Photo 20131105. A water channel snakes through a zinc-clad pavilion (Sherbourne Common, Toronto).
“Sherbourne Common is the first park in Canada to integrate an ultraviolet (UV) facility for neighbourhood-wide stormwater treatment into its design” – from the Waterfront Toronto website.
Photo 20131104. Inside Toronto’s Black Creek flood control channel.
Black Creek is an urbanized water body in the lower portion of the Humber River watershed. Sections of it have been channelized with concrete structures to convey water through the area faster, reducing flooding.
Photo 20131103. Aerial view of GO trains ready for afternoon service at GO’s Don Yard, Toronto.
Photo 20131102. A pair of skybridges define the Residences at Pier 27.
Photo 20131101. The renovated Pape station platform (Toronto) – clean lines or more sterile modern aesthetic?
The fire hydrant is unusual as most stations just have fire extinguishers. On another note, take a close look at the concourse level ceilings – they are just wood painted blue!
Photo 20131031. Orange pylon on yellow block on closed parking garage. Minimal Aesthetic #16.
Photo 20131030. Bird’s eye view of Toronto’s Distillery District.
Photo 20131029. Dual horizons courtesy of the Gooderham and Clear Spirit condos in Toronto.
Photo 20131028. Peeking through the trees at the David Street Bridge in Elora, Ontario.
Photo 20131027. Petrie Pharmacy (c.1882) proclaims its function with giant druggist’s mortar and pestle. Guelph, ON.
Photo 20131026. Brutalism in the Toronto District Catholic School Board – Archbishop Romero SS.
