20140609. New social housing has come to CityPlace in Toronto (KPMB Architects).
20140608. The Renaissance Plaza towers over the Church of the Redeemer (Avenue Rd and Bloor St, Toronto).
20140607. An architectural dichotomy on Bloor St in Toronto – short old offices vs. tall new condos.
20140606. An aerial view of the Puente de Luz bridge and CityPlace (Toronto).
20140605. A dusk sky on translucent and clear glass matrix. Minimal Aesthetic #34.
20140604. Long-term lane closures cause greater gridlock on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway.
20140603. Wall Street Station is now at York and Adelaide in Toronto – for the new animated film Pixels.
20140602. The Puente de Luz (Bridge of Light) to the vertical neighbourhoods of CityPlace (Toronto).
20140601. The CityPlace sea of condominiums in Toronto.
20140531. A Michael Lee-Chin Crystal reflection (ROM, Toronto).
20140530. The reflection of the other stairs at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Toronto).
20140529. The High Level Pumping Station’s artifactual vertical triple-expansion steam engine pipe gallery.
20140528. The cast iron glass dome of Toronto’s Allan Gardens Conservatory Palm House.
20140527. The St. Michael’s Hospital Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute double helix pedestrian bridge (Toronto).
20140526. Toronto’s Fort York Armoury with Canada’s largest lattice wood arched roof.
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20140525. Approaching a double helix pedestrian bridge in St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto.
20140524. Inside the Portlands Energy Centre (natural gas powerplant) in Toronto.
20140523. Excavators on a demolition site (Yonge/Eglinton, Toronto) are like toys in a sandbox.
20140522. Waiting for a bus on TTC’s modernist Finch subway station bus platform (Toronto, c.1974).
20140521. The Fort York Branch, the 99th Toronto Public Library is almost ready (Bathurst St and Fort York Blvd).
20140520. Buffalo’s grand Standard Elevator (c.1928, Architect A.E. Baxter).
– Note the architectural details at the front of the elevator.
– The two large dark towers are moveable “marine legs” that take up grain from docked ships.
– Buffalo is/was considered the “elevator capital” of America.
20140519. LED street lamp on a dusk blue sky. Minimal Aesthetic #33.
20140517. Entering the Pape Avenue – CNR Pedestrian Overpass (Riverdale neighbourhood. Toronto).
20140517. The Pape Avenue – CNR Pedestrian Overpass just before sunset (Riverdale neighbourhood, Toronto).
