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20230614. The Beaches II: The Fox Theatre (formerly Prince Edward Theatre and Apartments, Wilfred Shulman, 1913). The 2nd image shows the interior in 1947 (Archives of Ontario) and the 3rd image the intact marquis in the 1950s (https://localfilmculturestoronto.wordpress.com/).

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20230613. Now that it’s almost summer, let’s go to The Beaches 1. The Stewart Manor apartment building (2269 Queen St E). The second image (Toronto Archives) shows the living room of a unit in 1927.

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20220403. Sunday is a good day for a church. Here is St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Rexdale.

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20220402. The typical Etobicoke Hydro Substation was available in various colours of brick. These buildings use transformers to step down the voltage of electricity for home use.

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20220401. Like a giant Y, the Tedford Gardens apartment building stretches off into the distance.

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20220311. A Ledbury Park modern mid-rise office building awaits demolition. Interesting features include curved brise soleil at the top and a semi-elliptical walkway.

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20220305. A most unusual parking garage in Forest Hill is fronted by an apartment that must have the strangest floor plan.

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20220304. Modern apartment tower ornament may inlcude a rooftop zig-flat-zag canopy.

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20220224. As the pigeon flies … by the modern facade (45 Carlton St., Edward I. Richmond, 1981).

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20220223. The Three Sisters of Sussex. Only the middle sister (aka the low energy retrofit Gemini House) kept her hat. University of Toronto, Second Empire, 1879.

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20220222. Bracing a facade of built Heritage (John James Funston grocery store, 1885). Happy day of twos!

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20220221. The modern building at the Dufferin Gate to Exhibition Place.

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20220217. Art Deco Horse Palace (J.J. Woolnough, 1931).

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20220210. The bones of modernism on display during the Riverdale Hospital demolition.

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20220209. The indented townhouses at 1 Lynwood Avenue.

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20220208. Widdicombe Place (1975) features two condominium towers with clean lines and modern Elements.

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20220207. A connection with your reflection at Commerce Court (the two limestone buildings are to be replaced).

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20220205. This unusual row house in Little Portugal features a course stone facade as well as round and stadium-shaped windows.

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20220204. The often overlooked Royal Bank Building (20 King St E) in intricate marble with fine detailing. Marani Morris & Allen, 1964.

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20220201. An Uno Prii modern mid-century expressionist space age canopy.

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20211231. Keep on looking up as we welcome 2022!

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20210619. June Is Brutalism Month! Brutalist-19. The other side of Toronto’s Masters condominiums feature funky concrete stairwells.

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20210605. #Brutalism Month continues! #Brutalist-05. The west facade of the brutalist yet forever contemporary Manulife Centre.

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20210604. June is #Brutalism Month! #Brutalist-04. Toronto’s un-designated 1974 Brutalist Masters Building A at Mill Road and Burnhamthorpe.

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20160314. The mid-century expressionist canopy of Uno Prii’s Americana apartment building in North Toronto (1963).

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