20161226. The Milburn building on Colborne Street – designed by the “master practitioner” of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, E.J. Lennox (architect of Casa Loma and Old City Hall).
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20161225. Only two walls of the heritage-designated 1927 Canadian Westinghouse Building remain standing as construction commences on the future two-building King Blue Condominium and Hotel complex.
20161224. Michael Snow’s Lightline art feature is finally active on the Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto.
20161223. Looking up at the Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto Lightline art feature that’s finally active but only after the developer defaulted on its debt and put the building up for sale – the name Trump will no longer disgrace the skyscraper.
20161221. Toronto’s beautiful Bank of Nova Scotia building banking hall features marble columns and counters, coffered decorated ceiling and a lovely clock.
20161220. Celebrated Canadian architect Uno Prii, known for sculpted concrete buildings in Toronto, dabbled with rectilinear forms in his later years including the 1983 Brutalist Alan Brown Building, a staff residence for The Hospital for Sick Children.
20161219. The Art Deco facade’s fenestration compliments the contemporary condo curtain wall at Burano Condos.
20161217. Scotia Plaza Tower Grid.
20161216. Pedestrian at Parkade Entrance. Green P Parking’s for you!
20161215. The 1925 Gothic Revival McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom facade now forms part of the ground floor of the Burano Condominiums (Architects Alliance, ERA Architects, 2012).
20161214. 488 University; before an impressive concrete facade and now a glass envelope awaiting another 37 storeys.
20161209. Citigroup Place defines the foot of University Avenue.
20161206. The redesigned Berczy Park, with its granite pavers in diamond shapes, is open and almost complete in Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood.
20161117. Leaving Union Station heading westbound.
20161116. Between embankment, off-ramp and refuse, the CN Tower guides the way.
20161020. New additions to the steadily densifying South Core include, from left to right, the Sun Life Financial tower, Harbour Plaza Residences (under construction) and RBC WaterPark Place III.
20160928. Reflecting east Toronto at X the Condominium.
20160925. The gold-infused glass of the Royal Bank Plaza north tower reflects the tallest of the TD Centre towers.
20160918. A different perspective on the Freedom Arches at the Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool.
20160911. This is where the Gardiner Expressway’s future Simcoe Street off-ramp will land.
20160907. Ten York’s pointy podium takes shape on a wedge of land bordered by the Gardiner Expressway and one of its off-ramps.
20160904. Nail-polish scented steam escapes as a PVC liner is cured within a watermain requiring rehabilitation.
A PVC liner is inserted into a watermain between two manholes. Hot steam is then used to expand the liner to the width of pipe. The thermosetting resin in the liner is then cured by the steam and hardens. After cooling, the liner is now waterproof. This trenchless technology is used to stop leaks from imperfections or gaps in piping.
20160903. Mies’ black monoliths of modernism – the TD Centre.
20160902. Sheraton Centre’s brutalist triangular marquee mushroom.
20160829. Taking down Tim Hortons and a licensed rooming house to make way for Grid Condos.
