Tag Archives: chinatown
20220105. Shall we just call this Chinatown storefront a postmodern facade?
20220817. The Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church (Basil Miska, 1968) has Byzantine features and bold mid-century modern accents. As with most Orthodox churches, there are three sections each with a cupola and cross.
20191217. 488 University Avenue, formerly 38-storeys shorter and Brutalist, towers over Chinatown at Spadina and Dundas.
20190427. Entering the underground in Chinatown.
20161018. The Grange Triple Double House is a multi-unit dwelling and a winner in the 2016 Innovation in LEED awards for Sustainability. 2014, Williamson Chong Architects.
20150227. In an aerial photo of Toronto, The CN Tower stand sentinel over the downtown west.
Spadina Street stretches out to the north and if you look carefully you can see its intersections with King and Queen. Most of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District is also visible of which a study is being conducted. Queen West, Kensington Market, Chinatown and the Entertainment District are all visible.
To the right are the unmistakeable forms of the blue Art Gallery of Ontario and the checkered pattern of the Ontario College of Art’s Sharp Centre for Design. North of that in the top right corner is the massive brutalist Robarts Library and the University of Toronto Campus. In the foreground the Ritz Carlton dominates the skyline apart from the very tall CN Tower.