Tag Archives: downtown toronto
20201130. The Colonnade was the first modern mixed use building in the city. Gerald Robinson and Tampold Wells Architects, 1964.
20201116. The rear of the former Masonic Hall (Richard Ough, 1888) at Yonge and Gloucester is prepared for construction of the Ivy, a 34-storey condominium tower.
20201105. 77 Grenville St, an Ontario Government building and former Archives of Ontario, was built at the height of Brutalism’s popularity in Canada (E. Janiss, 1972).
20201104. The Queen St entrance to the Sheraton Centre, a complex built to compliment City Hall directly across the street (John B. Parkin Associates, 1972).
20201027. Dreaming in the Financial District (Jaume Plensa, Richmond-Adelaide Centre, 2020).
20200917. The Shell Oil building (tall, 505 University, 1958 ) and the Maclean Hunter building (short – 481 University, 1961) are a handsome pair.
20200913. The Yonge and Rich condos – aptly named for its location and clientele – is sold out.
20200912. From the right perspective, the PJ Condos present the optical illusion of tapering down to almost nothing.
20200910. Arch architecture at the Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool.
20200811. On Elm Street, the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry reflects the Hospital for Sick Children.
20200325. The monoliths of Royal Bank Plaza.
20200324. Looking up at the EY Tower’s very interesting northwest corner at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200323. An impressive array of scaffolding slowly takes over the facade of the Ontario Government’s Mowat Block as they prepare to move, assess and pallet all limestone pavers on the building as part of the Macdonald Block Resconstruction Project.
20200322. The Sheraton Centre Toronto has some nice lines. John B. Parkin Associates with design consultant Seppo Valjus, 1972.
20200321. There is nobody at the Union Station GO Transit bus terminal. Saturday March 21, 2020 15:41.
20200320. One of the postmodern elements at Commerce Court added in the 1990s by Zeidler Partnership Architects.
20200319. Few bipedal primate mammals at this pandemic. Yonge and Front, 2020Mar18 17:08. Is this how the transition from gathering in offices to working at home in the virtual workplace starts?
20200318. The long and empty GO Transit corridor to platforms 24-27 Wednesday at 5:53 PM during Ontario’s coronavirus pandemic state of emergency.
20200317. GO Transit had barren platforms at rush hour on this day when Ontario declared a state of emergency.
20200314. Entering the Green P Parking Garage at 40 York Street.
20200313. Behind the Toronto Hydro-Electric System Windsor Station and its two eras of architecture.
20200311. Coronavirus has temporarily solved Toronto’s rush hour traffic woes.
20200308. Inside the facade of the future 2 Queen Street West.
20200307. A tower crane on a parkade to help build 2 Queen Street West.
