20230118. The cute but soon to be replaced Beth Joseph Lubavitch modernist synagogue. Armour Heights, North York.
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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.
20220107. A diamond in the facade of 488 University Avenue.
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.
