Tag Archives: downtown toronto
20210522. Looking up at the self storage orange of the Livmore rental condos.
20210313. Looking up at the main entrance of the postmodern Rogers corporate campus at Jarvis and Bloor.
20210312. Sheraton Centre Toronto tower in profile.
20210311. The big brutalist boot of Toronto, also known as the Hilton Toronto. Searle, Wilbee and Rowland with Negrin, 1975.
20210309. The 15 McMurrich Street Condos, a late modern residential high-rise with brutalist massing and brick exterior. Dietrick Boecker, 1981.
20210307. This former Nygard property, with its unique postmodern mirrored facades, has been sold as part of a court-ordered receivership for an estimated value of $23 million.
20210306. One facade reflecting another. Atrium on Bay vs. 633 Bay.
20210228. The top addition (1966) to the former Shell Oil Building (1958) starts above the ornamental floor.
20210227. One of Peter Caspari’s 67 year old City Park Co-op buildings, part of the first modern multi-building apartment complex in Toronto.
20210225. Looking through an empty commercial space at Hydro Place among reflections of stone on carpet and Orde Street.
20210224. At the Government of Ontario ziggurat (222 Jarvis), one will find four ministries.
20210223. The construction office at 19 Duncan is mounted directly to the facade support structure.
20210217. The dirty deconstructivist CBC Broadcast Centre.
20210216. Looking up at the Canada Trust Tower at Brookfield Place.
20210205. The Theory Condos, a well-crafted and plausible place to live.
20210204. The Government of Ontario’s Whitney Block is wearing a scaffolding and tarp dress.
20210203. Partial demolition of the original Maclean Publishing Company building (Sproatt & Rolph, 1911) rear on Centre Street has left only the once striking buttresses standing.
20210120. The open air pavilion in St James Park was inspired by the Gothic arches of the neighbouring St. James Cathedral.
20210117. Late afternoon beyond the Western Channel.
20210116. Silos South Side. Canada Malting Co., J.S. Metcalf, 1928.
20210109. Now you can get your liquor under the Gardiner Expressway (Bathurst and Housey St).
20200105. The handsome north facade of the Toronto Court House (Marani, Morris & Allan, 1966).
20201216. Remembering the old GO Transit concourse at Union Station (1979) and one of its nicest design elements – the doors.
20201213. After 17 years of operation, the old $9 000 000 GO Bus Terminal at 141 Bay Street is being demolished.
