Tag Archives: downtown
20200803. Mowat Block could be known as Scaffolding Tower while the Government of Ontario’s MacDonald Block Complex undergoes a complete reconstruction.
20200801. A closer look at the top of Scotia Plaza and its two window cleaning cranes.
20200730. The first CIBC Square building is looking very nice with its diamond-shaped glazing reflecting in different directions.
20200729. The sun-streaked international style.
20200724. Brutalist Ventilation on an Incline. George Drew Complex.
20200715. Zig Zag Porte Cochere at La Place Marie.
20200714. Looking up at the Casa II/III condos whose clean lines are brought to you by architectsAlliance. Minimal Aesthetic 150.
20200709. RBC chose a minimalist design when renovating their 20 King St W banking hall after smoke damage from a hydro vault explosion in 2017. Minimal Aesthetic 149.
20200708. Looking up at the unusual angles of the Burano Condos. ArchitectsAlliance, 2012.
20200705. Sometimes the demolition of one building reveals an impressive view of another. Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson University, WZMH Architects, 1971.
20200623. Parkade on Harbour Street.
20200621. Brutalism at the Toronto Star Building (1971) includes coarse aggregate concrete.
20200620. Sun and shadow play on the Gardiner Expressway.
20200619. Removing a section of the Jarvis Street on-ramp.
20200617. A piece of old on-ramp sits above Jarvis Street waiting to be removed.
20200531. Dismantling the Jarvis Street on-ramp to the Gardiner Expressway.
20200530. On Harbour Street near the wedge known as 10 York.
20200529. The late-modern St. Andrew’s United Church. Page & Steele, 1983.
20200528. One York ventilation shaft. Minimal Aesthetic 148.
20200526. Expressway bents frame 10 York and the parkade behind it.
20200525. The laneway between modern and contemporary.
20200524. Expressway bents frame this Ten York Condos facade.
20200523. Expressway bents frame this Scotiabank Arena facade.
20200519. Finance and psychiatry go pretty good together. Ministry of Finance vs. Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (Surrey Place).
