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20220930. “The Dominion Observatory is an excellent example of an eclectic blend of Romanesque Revival and Edwardian Classicist styles” (1904, David Ewart, Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works). #ottawa #architecture #ottawaarch #heritage #historicsite @ParksCanada

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20220929. The base of the The Concourse building at 1085 Steeles Ave E.

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20220928. The old school modernist concrete and brick bus shelters of the large and sparse Confederation Heights public service campus in Ottawa

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20220927. The imposing 500 Duplex Ave residential tower (Seligman & Dick, 1972) rises above a walkup courtyard. From 2016.

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20220926. The tent-shaped St-Rémi Parish by Polish architect Zygmunt Julian Nowak, 1965.

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20220925. Brutalist Convenience at J.J.’s Market.

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20220924. The Billings Bridge Tower (1974) is a modernist office tower with romanesque arches at grade.

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20220923. An industrial park office building with interesting precast coarse aggregate concrete panels that interact with matching window blinds.

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20220922. This impressive 1974 John B Parkin concrete office tower will be demolished for a 62-storey @WZMHarchitects mixed use tower. It sits north of 488 University, another WZMH building whose concrete facade was lost.

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20220921. The mid-rise Maclean Hunter building facade seems secured for the construction of the 55 storey United Building at University and Dundas.

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20220920. Not only do the Ontario Power Building and the TTC Orde transformer substation have power in common, they look good together too.

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20220919. The Treehouse, or Kemper House (Jim Strutt, 1962) resides in the only modernist heritage conservation district in Canada.

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20220918. Great massing at the townhouses of Cedarbrook Park Co-operative in Scarborough

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20220917. The stunning new Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects.

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20220916. Nested Triangles Parish or St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church in Alta Vista. Burgess, MCLean & MacPhadyen, 1959.

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20220915. The brutalist porte cochere. 145 Marlee Ave, 1973.

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20220914. A reflection of 275 Slater Street (1968).

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20220913. The view from the new elevated park at CIBC Square that sits above the Union Station rail corridor.

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20220912. The breeze block HVAC enclosure.

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20220911. 220 Laurier Ave W uses lovely corduroy concrete precast panels apart from its ground floor entrance upgrade.

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20220910. 32 and 34 St. Dennis Drive are protected by metal siding and awnings. #toronto #flemingdonpark

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20220909. As part of the Signalling and Train Contril improvement program for the Union Station Rail Corridor, this signal tower has been restored and obscured by a new south facing wall.

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20220908. Vanier Community Church = City Church + Capital City Bikers Church. “Our services have a very relaxed feel, powerful ‘rock and roll’ music, and dynamic messages.”

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20220907. Vaughan Road runs diagonally across Toronto’s street grid and close to Eglinton and Dufferin its buildings have unusual footprints making for some interesting apartment building massings.

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20220906. St Aidan’s awesome Anglican Church. Burgess, McLean and MacPhadyen, Ottawa, 1965 (2nd of 2 – see 20220820).

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