20250219. Church Street (facing south at Shuter) is barely recognizable apart from the PAWNBROKERS sign. This is the opposite view on Church from yesterday’s photo.
Tag Archives: Garden District
20250218. March of the Condominiums VI. Just look at that little brick building now.
20230201. The missing middle. The buildings demolished (Queen and Mutual), from 1874-1893, were constructed of wood and assessed as not heritage-worthy and will be replaced by another condo tower. An area that was mostly low-rise has been revitalized into a high-rise hood.
20221005. The Grid Condos facade.
20210921. One tiny tree in a garden of glass.
20210904. Minimal Aesthetic #156. Looking up at the Fleur Condos.
20210226. Pink postmodern townhouses in the Garden District with that second empire look.
20210224. At the Government of Ontario ziggurat (222 Jarvis), one will find four ministries.
20201021. The most brutalist part of the former Grand Hotel has been demolished.
20200421. Several fire-damaged houses with fake mullioned board windows greet passersby on George St. as they wait to be included in the redevelopment of the next door Seaton House, one of the largest homeless shelters in Toronto.
20200409. Five high-rise condos surround a small 1983 brick and concrete tower at the once low-rise intersection of Jarvis and Dundas.
20200225. Looking up at a corner of the brutalist ziggurat at 222 Jarvis and home to four Ontario Government ministries. Minimal Aesthetic 147. Surveillance 1.
20200111. A large mural graces the south side ground floor wall of the Grid Condos.
20191104. The Grid Condos in sunshine framed by storm clouds.
20181123. Jarvis and Dundas – skyscrapers abound where there were none.
20181122. The Grid Condos facade.
20171203. An aerial view of the overturned brown brick brutalist ziggurat – formerly Sears headquarters and now Ontario Government offices.
20171202. Giving that concrete slab a smooth finish high above the Garden District.
20170208. The NOW Magazine building is being demolished now to make way for the 29 storey Fleur Condos (Menkes Developments / Architects Alliance).
20160913. The Merchandise Building (1910) dominates Toronto’s Dalhousie Street.
20160829. Taking down Tim Hortons and a licensed rooming house to make way for Grid Condos.
20160219. The facade of an inverted brutalist ziggurat.
20160218. Bye Hilton Garden Inn (200 Dundas E), hello Dundas Square Gardens (condos).
The hotel was originally a mid-century modernist office building with some redeeming elements as shown in the image below from the 1960’s. Thanks to Chuckman’s Photos on WordPress (https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wordpress.com/).
