20220621. The Beaches VIII: In 1997, the Toronto United Mennonite Church built this postmodern oddity after demolishing their 1961 church. I wonder what that looked like.
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20230620. The Beaches VII: Gothic Revival at St. Aidan’s in the Beach. Andrew Sharp at Darling & Pearson, 1909.
20230619. The Beaches VI: The Georgian Arms at 2327 Queen Street East. William Chesteain Charters, 1929. What would you call this architectural style?
20230618. Office elevator lobbies are relatively simple these days but use appealing finishes.
20230617. The Beaches V: Not sure how much rent is at the Stewart Avenue Apartments (2263 Queen Street East) but with the right carrier it has a great phone signal.
20230616. The Beaches IV: Baltic butterfly-roofed modernism in the Beaches by Estonian Viktor Tretjakewitsch, 1952. With a group of other immigrants, they may have been the first in Ontario to propose a co-operative model.
20230615. The Beaches III: Inside the Beach Mall. Formerly the Allen Beach Theatre (Hymes Feldman and Watson, 1919), a 1929 ad read “A Nice Place for Nice Folks to Go.” The theatre lasted 50 years and was renovated into a mall in 1970. The architectural style of the time is still evident today.
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/).
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.
20230611. Mid-century modern mixed use.
20230609. Round Richmond Station Fenestration.
20230608. Oftentimes an architectural style is defined only by the front facade like this art deco storefront.
20230607. Four sides of facadism. In this case, the street-facing facade and half the east and west facades have been saved at the east building of the former Ontario Design Centre.
20230605. Positively postmodern. Toronto Public Library’s Lillian H. Smith Branch.
20230604. Positively postmodern.
20230603. The aptly named Corporate Plaza in profile. Agincourt, Scarborough.
20230601. The lines of T3 Bayside on the Eastern Bayfront (Toronto’s tallest timber-framed building).
20230531. Notice. A change is proposed for this site. I love 888 Dupont and wish it could stay despite the replacement condo tower having a decent design.
20230530. In Concrete.
20230529. Demolition of the Shuter Wing at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada has begun. It will be replaced with a new structure and include an expanded emergency department.
20230528. Building Reflections III.
20230527. Building reflections II.
20230526. Building reflections I.
20230525. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen 8 AM on a weekday morning. Traffic downtown is still not as busy as the pre-pandemic days and this is reflected in the highest office vacancy rate in 30 years.
20230524. Ventilation Pipe Dreams.
