20220921. The mid-rise Maclean Hunter building facade seems secured for the construction of the 55 storey United Building at University and Dundas.
20220920. Not only do the Ontario Power Building and the TTC Orde transformer substation have power in common, they look good together too.
20220919. The Treehouse, or Kemper House (Jim Strutt, 1962) resides in the only modernist heritage conservation district in Canada.
20220918. Great massing at the townhouses of Cedarbrook Park Co-operative in Scarborough
20220917. The stunning new Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects.
20220916. Nested Triangles Parish or St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church in Alta Vista. Burgess, MCLean & MacPhadyen, 1959.
20220915. The brutalist porte cochere. 145 Marlee Ave, 1973.
20220914. A reflection of 275 Slater Street (1968).
20220913. The view from the new elevated park at CIBC Square that sits above the Union Station rail corridor.
20220912. The breeze block HVAC enclosure.
20220911. 220 Laurier Ave W uses lovely corduroy concrete precast panels apart from its ground floor entrance upgrade.
20220910. 32 and 34 St. Dennis Drive are protected by metal siding and awnings. #toronto #flemingdonpark
20220909. As part of the Signalling and Train Contril improvement program for the Union Station Rail Corridor, this signal tower has been restored and obscured by a new south facing wall.
20220908. Vanier Community Church = City Church + Capital City Bikers Church. “Our services have a very relaxed feel, powerful ‘rock and roll’ music, and dynamic messages.”
20220907. Vaughan Road runs diagonally across Toronto’s street grid and close to Eglinton and Dufferin its buildings have unusual footprints making for some interesting apartment building massings.
20220906. St Aidan’s awesome Anglican Church. Burgess, McLean and MacPhadyen, Ottawa, 1965 (2nd of 2 – see 20220820).
20220905. Hopewell Court from behind the wall of the York Beltline Trail. Whenever I see a wall like this, I am reminded of Italian photographer Gabrielle Basilico (1944-2013).
20220904. Thistledown Collegiate Institute, 1957.
20220903. Fenced in by Pearson Airport and Hwy 401 is Convair Drive the road to the airport infield.
20220902. Eastview Plaza was a mid-century modern outdoor shopping mall before its recent demolition. My only image taken before appreciating modern architecture.
20220901. A derelict break at Pizza Manna in the very long Knob Hill strip mall.
20220831. Another unique, although modified, porte cochere or entrance canopy at the Century Park tower in Port Credit.
20220830. An unusual modern residential mid-rise where the balconies are made of concrete and glazed coloured brick.
20220829. The Janmount Towers (1972) and associated strip mall feature interesting concrete nibs.
