20230301. What a pair.
Tag Archives: architecture
20230228. What a cornice at 363 Clinton Street / 688-690 Bloor Street West.
20230227. Brutalism in Brick.
20230226. A fascinating chamfered corner on a modest art deco building. The abrupt change in material of the cornice and the vertical concrete element seem to suggest that there was once two signs (perhaps with neon lighting) over the doorway facing opposite directions.
20230217. This McDonald’s at Queen and Church can be rather sketchy at times but I would rather it stay than the 60 (sixty!) storey skyscraper coming. All facades but that of the McDonald’s building will be retained. Apart from that condo to the left all buildings are low-rise on this block.
20230209. I have a thing for parking garage entrances. This is the Prestige Condos at 28 Freeland Street.
20230207. What was left of the Campbells Soup Factory in 2021. Now or soon you can have an industrial suite at the Birmingham Industrial park – aptly named for the address of this factory at 60 Birmingham.
20230204. When I was last at Union Station, passing between TTC and GO, the most salient features made me wonder why the bathrooms are so far away and confirm that I was indoors.
20230202. A fellow floating at a foggy Firkin Flatiron, putting up a pole at the pub.
20230131. McVeigh’s, the last building on the block. 124 Church St was the Windsor Hotel when built in 1882. Now there are plans to pop 2 floors on top and turn it back into a hotel AND put a 45-storey condo tower behind it. Images of the hotel in 1972 and 1913 included.
20230130. The cleverly-named QueenChurch Condos (Tridel, Bazis) shall rise 57-storeys above an expertly GBCA Architects restored version (with facades retained in situ) of this abused yellow building. Condos are going up like dandelions in the ‘garden district!’
0230126. Seeking shade at the now demolished Robert Street Park pavilion which had a very unique zigzag roofline that can be seen at shorturl.at/bijLQ.
20230124. W Toronto has a colourful entrance driveway at the former Hudson’s Bay Centre at Yonge and Bloor. Apparently there’s way out on Park Street but the cabbie decided to reverse out.
20230123. An 1882-installed cast iron water main burst over the weekend closing the King/University intersection for 2-3 weeks depending on whether tracks need moving or not. The burst caused a large shallow hole and TTC routes 504, 503 are affected.
20230122. Remember the adjoining modernist east wing of the Don Jail? Built 1958, Demolished 2014.
20220121. RED! This is not an abandoned garage and gas station but a tv series set. Eastern Ave, South Riverdale, from 2014.
20230120. The newly restored heritage row at Yonge and Yorkville includes buildings from 1870 and Frogley’s bakery from 1887.
20230118. The cute but soon to be replaced Beth Joseph Lubavitch modernist synagogue. Armour Heights, North York.
20230117. Jarvis and Wellesley features two buildings with brutalist elements – one modern (1971) one postmodern (1992).
“Toronto Club is an oasis of understated elegance, refinement, good manners, civility and decorum. The club is known for its excellent food and wine, and its highly professional service provided by its stable, well-trained and dedicated long-term employees.” Darling+Curry, 1888.
20230112. Infrastructure can be pretty. SmartVMC Bus Terminal, Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.
20230111. Looking up at the tallest building in the Commonwealth upon completion in 1931 – Commerce Court North.
20230110. The corner of a building.
20230109. The half house with the crow-stepped gable.
20230108. A postmodern box grappling with assorted bits of infrastructure – poles, power lines, traffic/signal/street/night lights, signal box, walk button pole, conduits, bike post/rack, bollards, guy-wires, street signs and a pair of FDCs.
