Tag Archives: facadism
20201220. Inside the facade of the 1942 Administrative Office of the Drug Trading Company and soon to be EQ Bank Tower.
20201012. Bracing the facade of one of the heritage buildings along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use development.
20201011. Demolition of heritage buildings behind braced facades continues along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20200826. Bracing the facades of the heritage buildings along King St West (left – 511 King St W, GW Gouinlock, 1893, Richardsonian Romanesque) for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20200716. Charles Street will soon have an 8th high-rise – 68 Charles St E may be known as The Manhattan for this heritage building’s style.
20200316. From here, Yonge Street seems to be a boulevard of facades.
20200308. Inside the facade of the future 2 Queen Street West.
20200223. The Loblaw Groceterias building (1928) has been resurrected as the West Block.
20200108. The construction site at 160 Front St is almost fully excavated underneath the rear face of the remaining heritage facade.
20191229. Behind the facades of 19 Duncan Street, a future mixed-use development, significant progress has been made on excavation.
20191225. Taking advantage of facadism to sneak a peek at the Shangri-La Hotel.
20191027. Behind the 1876 heritage-designated rowhouses on Widmer Street, a 49 storey condo shall rise.
20191025. Keeping the podium of facades under wraps at 1 Yorkville.
20191015. Behind the facades of Toronto history on Yonge Street.
20191009. Only the north and west facades remain of the 1924 Gerrard Buidling which is a rare example of the Modern Gothic style adapted to a commercial building (Heritage Listed 1994).
20190917. This appears to be token facadism but word has it that the rest of the south wall will return. This image shows the building before and after demolition at 156 Front St W.
20190828. The Yonge Street Mission occupied this future site of the YSL Condos at 381 Yonge Street since 1896.
20190823. Facade support structure at future YSL Residences tower development site.
20190807. Preserving the facades below the future 85-storey YSL Residences condo tower.
20190723. The old Weston Bakery is well on its way to becoming the Wonder condos, named after one of Weston’s name brands.
20190710. Fancy Brick Wall.
20190524. Behind the facades of 19 Duncan Street, a future mixed-use development featuring a 58 storey condo tower.
20190124. A steel support structure secures the north and west facades of the 1908 Southam Press Building at 19 Duncan Street.
20181221. Demolition follows the securing of former storefronts in the process of facadism. The original storefronts are in the second image below.
