Tag Archives: high-rise
20201020. It is rare to see a skyscraper wrapped in plastic. Mowat Block, MacDonald Block Complex, Ontario Government. See the scaffolding below the plastic at https://bit.ly/35prG9l.
20201010. The westmost of three identical 22-storey modern condo towers known as Millgate Manor seems to be a big slab of concrete that fills up the sky.
20201001. Revitalizing the 1972 high-rise at Edgeley Village Driftwood, Toronto Community Housing at 415 Driftwood Ave in Jane and Finch.
20200929. This section of the previously aluminum-sided-now-stripped Firgrove-Grassways affordable housing community awaits Phase One of its rebuild and renewal.
20200928. From left to right, The Carlton, The Princeton and The McMaster, 3 of 4 buildings by John H. Daniels in Jane and Finch, North York.
20200920. The 1970 340 Mill Rd recedes from the street in steps giving it a striking appearance.
20200913. The Yonge and Rich condos – aptly named for its location and clientele – is sold out.
20200912. From the right perspective, the PJ Condos present the optical illusion of tapering down to almost nothing.
20200911. Three three-winged modern apartment towers at Black Creek and Tretheway in Brookhaven, North York.
20200903. High-rise living in Weston along the GO Transit Kitchener Line and the Union Pearson Express.
20200818. The number of this modern concrete high-rise residential beast getting a face-lift on Spadina Ave is 666.
20200812. The beautiful brutalist Masters Condominiums Building B at 296-300 Mill Road, Markland Wood, Etobicoke, Toronto (Kelton Architects & Planners, 1976).
20200810. Appreciating the Toronto Star building before it is incorporated into the new mega-development at One Yonge by Pinnacle International and Hariri Pontarini Architects.
20200808. Applewood Place in Applewood, Mississauga, 26 floors of 1996 condominium.
20200804. Taking a stroll past Scaffolding Tower, also known as Mowat Block, while the Ontario Government’s MacDonald Block Complex undergoes a complete reconstruction.
20200803. Mowat Block could be known as Scaffolding Tower while the Government of Ontario’s MacDonald Block Complex undergoes a complete reconstruction.
20200801. A closer look at the top of Scotia Plaza and its two window cleaning cranes.
20200730. The first CIBC Square building is looking very nice with its diamond-shaped glazing reflecting in different directions.
20200715. Zig Zag Porte Cochere at La Place Marie.
20200706. 90 Cordova looks just like it would have the day tenants first moved in to their apartments in 1965.
20200622. High-rise Brutalism at the Chelmsford Apartments in Agincourt.
20200530. On Harbour Street near the wedge known as 10 York.
20200528. One York ventilation shaft. Minimal Aesthetic 148.
20200526. Expressway bents frame 10 York and the parkade behind it.
