20240225. 2 Queen Street West – the 1896 Philip Jamieson Building – is looking a lot nicer than when it was a Coast Mountain Sports store with most of the building hidden behind bland grey cladding.
Tag Archives: heritage
20220526. Remember those fine art deco doors at the Globe and Mail’s second building that were preserved from its first building?
20220513. An aerial view of the Alan Brown building reveals a little park terrace with grass and children’s playground.
20210623. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #23. Uno Prii’s Alan Brown building (1983) is one of a kind.
20200504. With the East United Condos nearing completion, it isn’t to early to say that this development is discordant at best.
20200224. A broader view of the John Street Roundhouse, a national historic site.
20200101. Here’s to another year of photography. Happy 2020!
20190902. On September 1st, another suspicious fire hit this 1865 heritage house at 314 Jarvis St slated for redevelopment. This image shows the house after a fire in January 2016 after an OMB appeal was launched to counter a city ruling that the development was too tall.
20190710. Fancy Brick Wall.
20190323. Taking security seriously.
20190215. Three ornate warehouse buildings (1872-74) on Front St E. From left to right: Dixon Building (the last Toronto building with a cast iron facade), Perkins Inc. and Co., Beardmore Building.
20190129. The 1914 heritage-designated Edwardian Classical mid-rise at 3 Church Street.
20181212. The 1887 Victorian row house facades at the base of 7 St. Thomas.
20180516. A self-reflection at the Centennial College Story Arts Centre marks 7 years of documenting Toronto for this daily photo blog. Thanks for looking!
20180418. Strolling under the steel support structure of the Canadian Westinghouse facade.
Strange architectural bedfellows – colossal and contemporary contrasting with modest, modernist and moderne – until the older building sprouts its own office tower.
20180202. The urban fabric of the Fashion District.
20180131. The facade of the 1889 Romanesque Revival Frederick Crompton Building, embedded in the HSBC Building (70 York St), includes rustic stone cladding and the repitition of round-arched arcades.
20180130. This fine specimen of 1878 industrial architecture at 15 Mercer St., built by Langley, Langley & Burke as stables for Verral Cab, Omnibus and Baggage Transfer Co., shall play facade for the 45-storey twin tower Nobu Residences, a condo, hotel, dining complex owned by Nobu Hospitality, a chain founded partly by Robert DeNiro.
20180124. This small block of heritage buildings at Duncan and Adelaide shall sprout two 55-plus-storey condo towers.
20180121. New Toronto’s abandoned Edwardian classical hydro substation.
20171228. Demolishing heritage architecture on College St to make way for the Design Haus condos.
20171226. The East United Condos will retain only the west and south facades of the 1906 Christie, Brown & Co. Stables building. See before and after images below.
20171213. Facing bay 17 on the John Street Roundhouse turntable.
20171128. Being King of the castle for just a moment at Casa Loma (Architect E.J. Lennox, Gothic Revival, 1913).
