20220221. The modern building at the Dufferin Gate to Exhibition Place.
20220220. 50 Green Belt Drive, the site of a 2008 double murder-suicide and arson is to be demolished for redevelopment. This building was included in ERA’s 2010 inventory of North York’s modernist architecture.
20220219. This bird turd covered structure at Islington Tower serves as a parking garage exit; fire department connection and garage ventilation.
20220218. The Barrett Centre For Technology Innovation, Perkins & Will, 2019.
20220217. Art Deco Horse Palace (J.J. Woolnough, 1931).
20220216. The recladding of Parkin’s Simpson Tower includes black white walls at street level – for digital advertising perhaps?
20220215. Looking up at the bottom of the table top at OCAD.
20220214. Looking up at Princess Margaret Hospital.
20220213. Now that’s an entrance canopy!
20220212. The concrete-clad Forest Manor apartment complex is named for Brimley Woods, a small patch of forest nearby.
20220211. The gaudy, postmodern and slightly medieval Twentieth Street Junior School.
20220210. The bones of modernism on display during the Riverdale Hospital demolition.
20220209. The indented townhouses at 1 Lynwood Avenue.
20220208. Widdicombe Place (1975) features two condominium towers with clean lines and modern Elements.
20220207. A connection with your reflection at Commerce Court (the two limestone buildings are to be replaced).
20220206. Art Deco Vestibule.
20220205. This unusual row house in Little Portugal features a course stone facade as well as round and stadium-shaped windows.
20220204. The often overlooked Royal Bank Building (20 King St E) in intricate marble with fine detailing. Marani Morris & Allen, 1964.
20220203. The Brutalist entrance to York Woods Library before current renovations will bring a glass atrium to its north side.
20220202. Compartment Earth at sunset (Roxy Paine’s stainless steel sculpture at RBC WaterPark Place).
20220201. An Uno Prii modern mid-century expressionist space age canopy.
20220131. A paramedic’s postmodern post. Toronto Paramedic Services Station 47.
20220130. The Rexdale Presbyterian Church uses glass block windows and wood with a modest wooden cross in its design.
20220129. Fire Department connections in sun and shadow.
20220128. The Winton Place condos are unusual in that they look more institutional than residential.
