20211020. A distorted view of Shangri-La.
Tag Archives: financial district
20210910. Sectional Reflections.
20210827. Modern August #27. The 1965 Bell Telephone building podium and tower at 76 Adelaide St W just lost its very thoughtful facade. Note how the brown exchange building in the background has a similar fenestration. Will the new facade be this thoughtful?
20210314. Looking up at Metropolitan Place (1 University Avenue).
20210216. Looking up at the Canada Trust Tower at Brookfield Place.
20201027. Dreaming in the Financial District (Jaume Plensa, Richmond-Adelaide Centre, 2020).
20200801. A closer look at the top of Scotia Plaza and its two window cleaning cranes.
20200729. The sun-streaked international style.
20200423. A homeless person sleeps in front of the Neo-Georgian National Club that offers its members a private downtown enclave. Curry Sproatt & Rolph, 1907.
20200407. Stairs and shiny stainless steel at Commerce Court West. I.M Pei, 1972.
20200403. The postmodern portal to the PATH.
20200402. The Shangri-La Hotel and Residences between the towers of the Sun Life Centre.
20200331. TD Centre overpass before a black and white sea of steel and glass.
20200330. TD Centre overpass with a Royal Bank Plaza background.
20200324. Looking up at the EY Tower’s very interesting northwest corner at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200322. The Sheraton Centre Toronto has some nice lines. John B. Parkin Associates with design consultant Seppo Valjus, 1972.
20200320. One of the postmodern elements at Commerce Court added in the 1990s by Zeidler Partnership Architects.
20200303. An east profile reveals the EY Tower’s protrusion at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200221. The Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre is finally starting to go up.
20200220. I’ve often wondered how cranes are mounted in construction pits and now I have a clue.
20191102. Reflecting on Commerce Court North.
20191101. A disintegrated CN Tower reflection on a recladded Richmond-Adelaide Centre tower.
20191030. The back of the beaux arts Dominion Public building at sunset.
20190926. Working on the slanted skyscraper roof of the EY Tower.
20190925. City people and City People the art piece, by Catherine Widgery, hang out in front of the Royal York Hotel at golden hour.
