Tag Archives: architecture
20210109. Now you can get your liquor under the Gardiner Expressway (Bathurst and Housey St).
20210108. The mid-century expressionist Amesbury Park Public Library before its 2017 renovations. Freedman, Petroff, Jeruzalski Architects, 1967, Brookhaven-Amesbury.
20210107. A revitalized block of St. James Town features ultra clean modern towers, a new black tower (previously a No Frills) and townhouses but do these elements match?
20200106. Matching modern midrises on Midland ( 915-921 Midland Ave).
20200105. The handsome north facade of the Toronto Court House (Marani, Morris & Allan, 1966).
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).
20200103. Fire Station 313, a modern building with brutalist elements, is home to Pump-Squad 313, also known as The Beasts of Bloor.
20200102. Promenade Gardens (1965), a large three-winged modern building.
20210101. The Kingsview (1960) on the Kingsway, a brutal modern luxury cellular tower.
20201230. Tudor Brutalism church architecture.
20201229. The ventilation stacks and chambers of Plant Complex 3 Building 36 (1952), a jet engine repair and testing facility at the former de Havilland Aircraft Company campus at Downsview Park.
20201228. Enigma on the Park is certainly an enigma and a place to be cautious if hallucinating.
20201227. Woodworth College Facade.
20201226. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (1960) is quite modern for a mid-century office building.
20201224. Time is up for a mid-century strip mall at Eglinton and Kennedy as construction continues on the Crosstown right out front.
20201222. The townhouses at 1031 Midland Avenue where the complex is far more appealing than the individual homes.
20201221. The Symes Incinerator sure has changed over the last seven years (2020 vs 2013).
20201220. Inside the facade of the 1942 Administrative Office of the Drug Trading Company and soon to be EQ Bank Tower.
20201219. The aptly named Outllook Manor at 55 Outlook Ave and Jane St sits at the top of the Black Creek Valley.
20201218. The covered concrete and glass walkway along the Progress Ave ramp over McCowan Ave is still fairly appealing.
20201217. St. Charles Garnier Church front and rear, Hamilton.
20201216. Remembering the old GO Transit concourse at Union Station (1979) and one of its nicest design elements – the doors.
20201215. The vacant Toronto Hydro transformer substation at 281 Cherry Street is a modest example of Edwardian Classical styling from 1928.
20201214. St Philip Neri Catholic Church (1959) with its four oddly placed barrel shapes out front with stucco covered brick. Might they be confessionals?
