20211209. Tiffany Place (11 Wincott Dr, 1975) is a handsome late-modern high-rise with segmented facades in brown brick.
20211208. The building with the crown of curved crenellations.
20211207. Pei vs. van der Rohe through bird-friendly glass.
20211206. Merton 5. Le Corbu (194 Merton St) is the coolest name for a repurposed loft building with modern curves (formerly home to Green Forest Lumber – logo on left side).
20211205. Merton 4. These buildings on Pailton Crescent are the backs of buildings on Merton Street.
20211204. Merton 3. Merton Street’s stock of unusual buildings includes this bulky modern concrete and brick structure at 250 Merton.
20211203. The Davenport Diamond Grade Separation project, allowing Barrie Line GO trains to pass over the CP Rail tracks, is progressing rapidly.
20211202-Merton 2. Merton Street has an excellent collection of interesting buildings including the unusual half mirrored office building at 130 Merton.
20211201-Merton1. Merton Street an excellent collection of interesting buildings including 170 Merton, the painted brick brutalist brokerage.
20211130. The building beside Fire Station 311, a 1911 Queen Anne Revival building by Robert McCallum and National Historic Site, is an example of contextual architecture with its keystones, fenestration and garage opening inspired by the station.
20211129. The glass bubble entrance at Dupont Station now has an elevator companion.
20211128. The typical Toronto water tower.
20211127. At Islington Terrace, there is hardly a sign of anyone living in their high-rise box.
20211126. The funny fenestration at 40 Chicester Place in Scarborough includes a missing window, one taller floor and three different windows.
20211125. A brand new road dedicated to Kipling Station passenger pick-up, drop-off and parking has opened opposite Acorn Avenue.
20211124. The Connections Mural covers a 760-foot grey retaining wall on Don Mills Road (S of Sheppard Ave) with 500 shades of colour and applied fabric patterns from different cultures.
20211123. The multi-coloured window mid-rise.
20211122. With both the TTC and Miway now operating buses out of Kipling station, the Islington Station bus terminal will soon be redeveloped.
20211121. Where once Wing’s plum sauce packets were made now sits a condo tower with the same name as a type of pizza – Bianca.
20211120. Portable walking signal lights wait together to once again fulfill their life’s purpose at Victoria Park Ave and Eglinton Ave in the Golden Mile.
20211119. The beauty of coarse aggregate concrete #2.
20211118. The beauty of coarse aggregate concrete.
20211117. The Tower at Pier 27 with its balconies askew.
20211116. From darkness into light … at the parkade.
20211115. With demolition exposing the underground parking garage at the slowly disappearing Valhalla Executive Centre, it is apparent just how much weight the support columns hold up.
