20220324. The imposing monolithic St. Roch’s Church.
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20220319. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its high pitch curved roof (rear).
20220318. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its curved and spiked concave gable (front).
20220130. The Rexdale Presbyterian Church uses glass block windows and wood with a modest wooden cross in its design.
20220113. The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church of Alderwood, Etobicoke.
20220103. It’s nice to consider contemporary architecture occasionally. The Wong Dai Sin Temple by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (2015) features weathered steel and a 10 metre cantiliver span.
20210816. Modern August #16. The triangle is ubiquitous in modernist churches as seen here at the 1966 Immanuel Baptist Church in Hillcrest Village.
20210807. Modern August #7. The chapel’s impressive facade of brick, stone and copper at St. John Henry Newman Catholic High School may soon be no more than a facade as the school is replaced.
20210524. Iglesia Ni Cristo – Locale of Scarborough goes beige from blue and changes its style too. Second photo from http://wikimapia.org/…/Iglesia-Ni-Cristo-Local-of-Toronto.
20210515. The west facade of the CSI (Church of South India) Church Toronto (first service 1989) and formerly the Church of St. Wilfrid (1958).
20210506. Etobicoke’s unornamented Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1962).
20210504. Graceview Presbyterian Church (1961).
20210407. The Adath Israel Congregation (1957) is a unique building with clinker brick, a semi-circular entrance and concrete trim.
20210404. The Borochov Cultural Centre with its lovely pebble-speckled concrete.
20210326. St. Charles Borromeo Church is a modern place of worship in a category all its own. 2of 2.
20210325. St. Charles Borromeo Church is a modern place of worship in a category all its own. 1 of 2.
20210323. The True Church of Jesus Christ Fellowship is a modern place.
20210315. The simple, elegant and tastefully renovated McCowan Chapel.
20201023. The west elevation of the 1964 Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church.
20201017. The other side of this mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961). 3/3.
20201016. The mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961).
20201015. The mid-century expressionist West Ellesmere United Church with its parabolic arches and natural Napanee quarried stone (Craig & Zeidler, 1958).
20200916. The main gable wall at St. Jude’s Roman Catholic church features two planes intersecting with interlocking white brick.
20200713. Although Bloordale United Church has lost its conical spire and original facade, it still retains some of its mid-century charm. If you want to learn more about modern Toronto buildings, check out this just released book: https://bit.ly/3iTZf9k
20200624. The Salvation Army East Toronto Citadel with its unusual addition.
