20231224. The recently refurbished Hydro One Hamilton Elgin step-down transformer station. Note the low relief pattern on the building depicting transmission towers on a hilly terrain like Hamilton.
20231223. Oakville Brutalism.
20231222. The only thing to do is climb but which way?
20231221. Brutalism on Barton.
20231220. It’s always sunny at Effort Square in Hamilton.
20231219. The Streamline Moderne Hamilton Hydro Electric Building Or Alectra Utilities Corporation Building.
20231218. The Irving Zucker Sculpture Court on Commonwealth Square and FirstOntario Concert Hall (formerly Hamilton Place, 1972) at dusk.
20231217. The Argyle Apartments in Hamilton are very unusual. Not only does the building have a unique entrance canopy but it sits on a barren square concrete base several feet above ground level.
20231216. Two sides of the same building. 970 O’Connor Drive.
20231215. I wonder why only one original set of bay windows is left on this 1913 commercial building on the Danforth.
20231214. Everything is in stripes here.
20231213. What a difference paint, new windows and new balconies make at brutalist Centrepoint East.
20231212. The unique fenestration at 12 Ossington.
20231211. The retained facades of the 1928 art deco / modern classical Maclean Hunter Printing Plant building and future home of the 52 storey mixed-use United building.
20231210. The corner of a townhouse complex.
20231209. A tiny block of storefronts on Dundas.
20231208. Three happy mega-mansard townhouses and a welcoming PHONE Box.
20231207. Demolition can occassionally lead to appreciation but when looking at the brutalist base of the Toronto Star building, I am not sure.
20231206. From bank to subway station at Queen and Simcoe.
20231205. Buildings are a lot like people. We are created, serve a purpose, the world changes around us, we become old and obsolete, decay and are demolished. Then we are forgotten. In some case we are forgotten while we still stand.
20231204. In the shadow of power transmission.
20231203. Black’s Toronto Veterinary Hospital (since 1911) is permanently closed but I hope the building and signage remain.
20231202. From May 6, 2023. TD Terrace with crane and elevator.
20231201. We all have clients from hell and there’s no point shying away from that.
20231130. As I lay in the gutter I wonder why there are no stars here at the confluence of office buildings.
