photos 20240131. The Canada Malt Co. (wasn’t it Canada Malting Co.?) silos are looking pretty good these days (J.S. Metcalf, 1928). Image February 1, 2024 Vik
photos 20240103. The foundations of the new Glen Road Pedestrian Bridge (or Morley Callaghan Footbridge) and tunnel under Bloor Street East (from December 12). Image January 4, 2024 Vik
photos 20230809. In with the new and out with the old at Bloor Collegiate Institute. Image 1: the facade of what remains of Kent Senior Public School and soon to be condo front. Image 2: Construction of the new Bloor CI. Image August 9, 2023 Vik
photos 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. Image June 7, 2023 Vik
photos 20230502. Securing the facadism of the future at 8 Elm Street where a condo tower will rise a mere 69 storeys. IBI Group and GBCA Architects. Image May 3, 2023 Vik
photos 20230501. Welcome to Queen and Yonge for the next 4.5 – or maybe 6 – years. Queen streetcars are diverting to Dundas from McCaul to Broadview. Buses will run via King and Richmond from Bay to Church. Image May 2, 2023 Vik
photos 20230414. Meet me at the scaffolding at the Eaton Centre, not the shooting fountain. Image April 15, 2023 Vik
photos 20230310. In this case, using the revolving doors will not conserve energy. Image March 11, 2023 Vik
photos 20230201. The missing middle. The buildings demolished (Queen and Mutual), from 1874-1893, were constructed of wood and assessed as not heritage-worthy and will be replaced by another condo tower. An area that was mostly low-rise has been revitalized into a high-rise hood. Image February 2, 2023 Vik
photos 20221204. Inside a matrix of i-beams and future Nordstrom. Yorkdale Mall. From 2015. Image December 4, 2022 Vik
photos 20220921. The mid-rise Maclean Hunter building facade seems secured for the construction of the 55 storey United Building at University and Dundas. Image September 22, 2022 Vik
photos 20220329. Three of four corners at Front and Parliament currently await redevelopment including the First Parliament site and land needed for building the Ontario Line subway. Image March 29, 2022 Vik
photos 20220325. The new entrance to Kennedy station and the Eglinton Crosstown is an excellent place to mount a cell tower. Image March 25, 2022 Vik
photos 20220316. #Rexdale 4. Mounds of dirt stand where a new mall will replace the demolished Sears warehouse in Rexdale. One of the first Contact Photo exhibits I went to featured photos of mounds not unlike these ones. Guess it stuck with me. Image March 16, 2022 Vik
photos 20220315. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway (a park under an elevated railway). Once past Wallace Ave, the guideway returns to ground. Image March 16, 2022 Vik
photos 20220314. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway – a park created by an elevated railway crossing over the CP Rail tracks at the Davenport Diamond. Image March 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220225. So that’s how big the concrete pad for a tower crane is. Jac Condos, 308 Jarvis St, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. Image February 25, 2022 Vik
photos 20211222. The twisted form of York University’s new School of Continuing Studies has exterior walls that are upright onlyat the centre. Image December 22, 2021 Vik