20200226. Fluorescent light shadows emanate from where ceiling meets wall. Minimal Aesthetic 107.
20200225. Looking up at a corner of the brutalist ziggurat at 222 Jarvis and home to four Ontario Government ministries. Minimal Aesthetic 147. Surveillance 1.
20200224. A broader view of the John Street Roundhouse, a national historic site.
20200223. The Loblaw Groceterias building (1928) has been resurrected as the West Block.
20200222. A barren suburban commuter parkade means the weekend is here.
20200221. The Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre is finally starting to go up.
20200220. I’ve often wondered how cranes are mounted in construction pits and now I have a clue.
20200319. Looking east and then west on Wellington Street West at sunset.
20200218 Competing curtain walls – 2009 (top) vs 1987 (bottom). Minimal Aesthetic 147.
20200217. A dying mid-century strip mall at Eglinton and Kennedy.
20200217. An unbearable sight at Union Station.
20200216. The postmodern 15 Scadding Court with its bulky Brutalist massing.
20200215. When a building is ghosted (painted white), you know it is coming down. This is 328 Dupont, where the ANX condos will be built.
20200214. Seeya Galleria Mall, hello Galleria on the Park mega-development.
20200213. T & T Supermarket’s time has terminated in the Port Lands. I’ll miss the dim sum and this funky streetlamp.
20200212. The rear of the Toronto Reference Library.
20200211. Entering the Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto-Harbourfront parking garage.
20200210. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.
20200209. The new pedestrian bridge linking the future CIBC Square (and GO Transit Bus Station) to the PATH via the Scotiabank Arena is looking pretty good. Of course there are windows on the south side.
20200208. The Honest Ed’s redevelopment construction site shows just how big Honest Ed’s was. No wonder I got lost in there all the time.
20200207. Finding beauty at Bathurst Station is as difficult as finding rational people in today’s political climate. Here is an attempt.
20200206. Mirvish Village is looking a bit different these days.
20200205. Look for the Golden Arches (1960 slogan)! You deserve a break today (1971 slogan). We do it all for you (1975 slogan) but not at King and Dufferin where the McDonald’s is being demolished for – you guessed it – more condos!
20200204. The work going on in the port lands – the Don River mouth naturalization project – is nothing short of terraforming Toronto.
