20210824. Modern August #24. John B. Parkin’s forever contemporary Ortho Pharmaceutical Building (1955).
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20210304. Uno Prii’s 1972 666 Spadina Ave is looking spiffy after its recent revitalization.
20190123. E.J. Lennox designed this second empire commercial block on Yonge Street for the Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company in 1883.
20181003. The Park Hyatt Hotel revitalization project is underway converting this 1929 tower to luxury rental units.
20180919. A deteriorated and fire-damaged 1871 Gothic revival house on Peter Street awaits facadism and redevelopment.
20180918. A deteriorated and fire-damaged 1871 Gothic Revival house on Peter Street awaits facadism and redevelopment.
20170823. The Executive Offices facade of the Queen Elizabeth Building with its folded-plate concrete roof.
20170610. Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building rear side facade. Minimal Aesthetic 113.
20161212. Once painted greyish blue, this revived picturesque 1888 Queen Anne house shows its original red brick. 110 Park Road, Rosedale.
20161128. The rich and varied architectural history of Toronto’s Jarvis Street.
The three row houses to the left (1862) were originally part of a Georgian eight-house row. The Second Empire features – mansard roofs and bowed bays – were added about 20 years later. The double house to the right (1874) is an example of Italiante architecture with round-headed windows and doors and bracketed cornices. Thanks to Patricia McHugh’s 2nd edition of Toronto Architecture: A City Guide.
20161121. Three English Cottage Style structures, each with seven houses of varying plans, make up Rosedale’s Ancroft Place, a unique Garden City 21-unit housing complex (1927, Shepard & Calvin).
20161113. Originally the Harris Henry Fudger house (1898), this is one of the many incredible houses in Rosedale.
20161111. The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant Service Building is impressive even in the rear view.
20161019. Looking up at the wonderful massing at Toronto’s Berkeley Castle (1868).
20161010. A 1931 Art Deco garage entrance to drive through at the Mayfair Mansions in South Hill, Toronto.
20161005. From left to right, the three buildings of the wonderful Art Deco R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant are the Pumping Station, Service Building and Filtration Building.
20161004. Allstream Centre symmetry.
20160821. The 1931 Art Deco Horse Palace at Exhibition Place.
20160727. A top-down view of Toronto’s Commerce Court West Tower.
Note the green roof of the Toronto Dominion Centre banking pavilion to the right.
20160703. John B. Parkin’s forever contemporary Ortho Pharmaceutical Building (1955).
20160307. The 1936 CNE Bandshell, Toronto’s Art Deco Hollywood Bowl.
A west elevation of the 1833 Georgian Daniel Brooke building in Old Town Toronto.
20150805. Toronto’s striking St. Lawrence Hall (1851, Renaissance Revival) and home of Heritage Toronto.
20150804. Toronto’s stunning Bank of Toronto building (c.1906, Architect EJ Lennox, Classical Revival style).
20150801. A full-length view of Toronto’s art deco Victory Building (c.1930, Baldwin and Greene, 80m), Canada’s first fully air-conditioned building.
