20220319. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its high pitch curved roof (rear).
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20220318. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its curved and spiked concave gable (front).
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.
20220310. This mixed-use strip mall features a breeze wall on the upper floor providing privacy to renters.
20220309. Rexdale Mall was built in 1956, enclosed in 1972, demolished in 2004 yet the former Zellars/Towers structure survives as the Fresh Value grocery store and a bunch of small businesses – a true Remnant of Mid-Century Toronto.
20220308. The googie gas bar (Canadian Tire, Rexdale, 1968). Googie architecture can also be called expressionist, mid-century modern, space age, Populuxe and Doo Wop and originates at the defunct Googies Coffee Shop in Hollywood. The style features curvilinear geometric shapes and upswept roofs.
20220303. This pedestrian bridge over Mimico Creek casts a permanent shadow of rust.
20220219. This bird turd covered structure at Islington Tower serves as a parking garage exit; fire department connection and garage ventilation.
20220218. The Barrett Centre For Technology Innovation, Perkins & Will, 2019.
20220213. Now that’s an entrance canopy!
20220211. The gaudy, postmodern and slightly medieval Twentieth Street Junior School.
20220208. Widdicombe Place (1975) features two condominium towers with clean lines and modern Elements.
20220130. The Rexdale Presbyterian Church uses glass block windows and wood with a modest wooden cross in its design.
20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise.
20220113. The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church of Alderwood, Etobicoke.
20220108. The live fire training structure at Fire Station 441.
20211228. Perspective at a Mimico federal Housing Cooperative.
20211209. Tiffany Place (11 Wincott Dr, 1975) is a handsome late-modern high-rise with segmented facades in brown brick.
20211127. At Islington Terrace, there is hardly a sign of anyone living in their high-rise box.
20211125. A brand new road dedicated to Kipling Station passenger pick-up, drop-off and parking has opened opposite Acorn Avenue.
20211122. With both the TTC and Miway now operating buses out of Kipling station, the Islington Station bus terminal will soon be redeveloped.
20211116. From darkness into light … at the parkade.
20211115. With demolition exposing the underground parking garage at the slowly disappearing Valhalla Executive Centre, it is apparent just how much weight the support columns hold up.
20211110. Demolition Dissection at the Valhalla Executive Centre.
20211109. Demolition Cross Section at the Valhalla Executive Centre.
