20221006. The Public Service Alliance Building, with its stretched elliptic cylinderical shape and iron-spot brick, defies categorization and still seems current 54 years after construction (Schoeler Heaton Harvor Menendez, 1968).
Tag Archives: 1968
20220914. A reflection of 275 Slater Street (1968).
20220817. The Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church (Basil Miska, 1968) has Byzantine features and bold mid-century modern accents. As with most Orthodox churches, there are three sections each with a cupola and cross.
20220404. The Canadian Tire with the Googie gas bar (Rexdale, 1968, see image 20220308) features novel brick work.
20220324. The imposing monolithic St. Roch’s Church.
20220308. The googie gas bar (Canadian Tire, Rexdale, 1968). Googie architecture can also be called expressionist, mid-century modern, space age, Populuxe and Doo Wop and originates at the defunct Googies Coffee Shop in Hollywood. The style features curvilinear geometric shapes and upswept roofs.
20210814. Modern August #14. The Trillium Apartments with its funky concrete port cochere and fountain.
20210803. Modern August #3. Uno Prii’s 1968 Gallery Towers seems to be getting a facelift. 50 Stephanie Street, Toronto.
20210219. The Padulo Building North Facade. Sigmund D.F. Reszetnik, 1968.
20210104. The modern residential high-rises of St. James Town, the largest high-rise community in Canada. From left to right: The Winnipeg, The Halifax, The Vancouver (240, 260, 280 Wellesley St E).
20200518. Laneway to a modern 1968 high-rise at Pelham Park Gardens.
20200118. Looking up from inside the 1968 Etobicoke Cenotaph at the Etobicoke Civic Centre.
20181128. Looking up at the 158 m observation deck of the 1968 Calgary Tower.
20181124. Calgary’s 1968 brutalist Bow Valley College West Campus and former headquarters of the Calgary Catholic Board of Education.
20170418. When completed in 1968, Rochdale College was an experiment in alternate learning.
