20221018. This office / apartment building complex (Kenson Towers, Crang and Boake, 1960) is all about contrast – commercial x residential, short x tall. horizontal x vertical, thick x thin, brick x concrete – all sitting on a neutral updated base.
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20221007. The Royal Trust Building (Jim Strutt for the Architects’ Collaborative, 1960) features buff textured precast concrete and window insets with triangles on top and bottom. Info from Capitalmodern.ca
20220811. The CIVIC Googie sign at this former pharmacy (1960) was recently restored. Originally, it was illuminated with rotating letters and the palindrome could be read from any angle.
20210329. William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute west facade.
20200713. Although Bloordale United Church has lost its conical spire and original facade, it still retains some of its mid-century charm. If you want to learn more about modern Toronto buildings, check out this just released book: https://bit.ly/3iTZf9k
20200601. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Humber Heights (1960) is hexagonal in shape with a zig zag roof.
20191203. St Margaret’s Tamil Anglican Church and St. Margaret in the Pines Anglican Church designed by the architectural firm of Yamazaki and Ridpath in 1960.
20191112. Part of the 1960 mid-century modern St. James United Church.
20140315. The 1960 modernist Deak International Building at 10 King E, Toronto in a matrix of windows.
