20151130. The art of exuviating an International Style concrete facade.
20151129. Up on the catwalk.
20151128. A Green GO Bus pulls into Oshawa’s grey concrete bus terminal.
20151127. The Guild Hall in Shelburne, NS is a 1994 movie prop to be rebuilt permanently.
20151126. Pointy pipes push their fictitious monochromatic fumes skyward.
20151125. Toronto’s Distillery District at a distance.
20151124. Brutalism at its best at University of Toronto Scarborough.
20151123. Looking down on the Distillery District.
20151122. Looking up at Carlos Amorales’ Black Cloud at Toronto’s Power Plant Gallery.
20151121. White circles in glass rectangles. Minimal Aesthetic 76.
20151120. The Shadow Story.
A shadow of me takes a picture of the shadow of a tree.
and then along came mr. shadow and we were three
then mr. shadow became ms. shadowy
the shadows got longer as you can see.
soon night would steal all the shadows away including me
20151119. A playful modernist porte-cochère at the Four Thousand apartments in Toronto.
20151118. Luminaire ring on a 401 high-mast lighting pole. Minimal Aesthetic 75.
20151117. The Salvation Army’s mid-century expressionist Yorkminster Citadel.
20151116. Contrary to the sign, Lower Bay Station has been closed 49 years.
20151115. Lower Bay station. Open 6 months, closed 49 years.
20151114. The anodized aluminum and mirrored modernism of Toronto’s 1961 Sun Life Building.
20151113. The often overlooked and rarely visited Glencairn Subway station, Toronto.
20151112. A yellow gantry crane against a reticulated blue sky.
This is the location of the future Lyon LRT Station on Ottawa’s new Confederation Line now under construction.
20151111. A pair of triple level pedestrian bridges dominate Simcoe St at Canada Life’s Toronto campus.
20151110. Neck-craning Brutalism on Toronto’s Canada Life Campus.
20151109. Changing the face of Dundas and University in Toronto.
It is sad to see the facade of this 1968 International Style tower being removed and replaced with temporary walls. The office tower will be reclad in glass and 37 floors of condominiums will be added above.