The vault features a 4-foot thick steel door weighing 40 tonnes that can be moved with a finger.
Photo 20131215. A vertigo-inducing view of a Beaux Arts building below (Commerce Court North Tower, Toronto).
Photo 20131214. The Omni King Edward Hotel appears amidst new ruins in Toronto.
The Omni King Edward Hotel? Yes, as in Omni Hotels and Resorts.
Photo 20131213. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s largest continuous exhibition space is almost 6 acres.
Photo 20131212. The often overlooked and rarely visited Glencairn Subway station, Toronto.
Design by Adamson Associates, Glencairn opened in 1978. It features a vaulted glass roof spanning the length of the station, unfinished concrete walls, seating sheltered within glass walls and backlit signage.
Photo20131211. 205 unit building at 59 Seward, uptown Detroit. SOLD at $63,100 (2011).
Photo 20131210. Mt. Sinai is such a brutalist hospital (Toronto).
Photo 20131209. Sound baffling wall under high-pressure sodium lamp light. Minimal Aesthetic #18.
Photo 20131208. The water tower stands (c.1920s) amidst ruins at Detroit’s Packard Plant.
Photo 20131207. Subway entrances respond to traffic signals. Queen’s Park subway, Toronto.
Photo 20131206. Reflections and interior lighting duel above the Queen’s Park subway entrance.
Photo 20131204. The abandoned Detroit Harbor Terminal Building (c.1925).
Photo 20131203. New vs. old subway entrances at TTC’s Queen’s Park station, Toronto.
Photo 20131202. Two skies framed by a glass podium and its towers.
Photo 20131201. Beneath the crane more than a facade remains.
Photo 20131130. A great food market is coming soon to this dilapidated building. Kennedy and Eglinton, Toronto.
Photo 20131129. This exposed lattice work at Hazelton Lanes (c.1976) will soon be a memory.
See the potential new design at http://www.retail-insider.com/2013/08/hazelton-lanes-to-renovate-for-luxury.html.
Photo 20131128. The 101-year-old Dufferin Street bridge in Toronto will be demolished this weekend.
The bridge has been deemed structurally unsafe and is not viable for repair. Temporary bridges will be erected until 2016 when it will be fully rebuilt. Will we lose the stairs that serviced the old Parkdale eastbound platform too?
Photo 20131127. Glass floor, upside-down door.
Photo 20131126. Fire escape remnants at the empty, decaying United Artists Theater (c.1927).
For the history of this theater, please go to www.historicdetroit.org/building/united-artists-theatre/. The website also features the history of several other Detroit buildings.
Photo 20131125. Concourse and platform contrast nicely at Don Mills subway station in Toronto.
Photo 20131124. Pipes and posts. Minimal aesthetic #17.
Photo 20131123. Looking up at “X the condominium,” Jarvis and Charles, Toronto.
Photo 20131122. This is ZOMBIELAND. Park Avenue in Detroit, MI.
Photo 20131121. Mies van der Rohe’s pavilion at the Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto.
From Wikipedia: The TD Centre comprises a collection of structures spread across a granite plinth, all regulated, in three dimensions, and from the largest scale to the smallest, by a mathematically ordered, 1.5 m2 (16 sq ft) grid.
