20220107. A diamond in the facade of 488 University Avenue.
Tag Archives: architecture
20220105. Shall we just call this Chinatown storefront a postmodern facade?
20230102. The Trull Funeral Home has died of redevelopment but will remain thanks to architectural taxidermy.
20230101. Funky fins and fenestration at Irving Tissue Corporation who make hoarding toilet paper possible.
20221229. An interesting block of buildings no longer on Gerrard St. The middle three have been replaced.
20221217. A long view of the TTC’s most outdoor station Rosedale (John B. Parkin, 1950). From 2011.
20221216. Brutalist Baycrest Hospital facade.
20221215. Intersection reflection at Bay and Front courtesy of Royal Bank Plaza.
20221214. Waterlink in the fog at Pier 27.
20221213. The Tower in the fog at Pier 27.
20221204. Inside a matrix of i-beams and future Nordstrom. Yorkdale Mall. From 2015.
20221124. V is for very nice elevator lobby. Bay Adelaide Centre East.
20221123. Crowned modernism on Antibes Drive.
20221121. A tower in the Park. Forest Lane Apartments, Westminister, North York, Toronto.
20221120. An attractive TTC traction power substation near Finch Station.
20221118. The Bathville Towers feature a tower and podium both shaped like parallelograms with one turned 35 degrees from the other resulting in interesting angles where the building meets the street.
20221117. The lines of the modernist Bathville Towers (1966) in North York.
20221115. This old lot and rather gritty modernist institutional building would make for great film set for something sinister.
20221114. St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church. James Haffa, 1957.
20221113. The south entrance of Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre.
20221112. An acute concrete corner at the airport.
20221111. Pre-redevelopment, post drug store.
20221110. McTamney’s, a Toronto Jeweller and Pawnbroker, on Church St is closed (find them on the Danforth) but the storefront remains until, you guessed it, redevelopment of a 57-storey condo tower.
20221107. Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Flemingdon Park.
20221106. Brutalist building facade. Bathurst and Brooke.
