20220911. 220 Laurier Ave W uses lovely corduroy concrete precast panels apart from its ground floor entrance upgrade.
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20220831. Another unique, although modified, porte cochere or entrance canopy at the Century Park tower in Port Credit.
20220829. The Janmount Towers (1972) and associated strip mall feature interesting concrete nibs.
20220828. Queen Elizabeth Tower A in profile – one of the earliest condominium developments downtown (1975-78, Tridel). Do the bulges have bigger units?
20220809. Horizontally-lined balconies against the vertically-lined wall at 30 Cartier St. Perhaps the first building occupied by Cartier Place Suite Hotel who have since expanded into the next building to the west.
20220806. The Bathville Towers (1966) of North York.
20220710. The Jeanne Mance building (modernist, international style, 1969) is Building #19 at the sprawling Tunney’s Pasture federal government campus.
20220606. Harbourview Apartments, the curved modern highrise.
20220602. Tower Hill East (left, 1966) vs. Tower Hill West (1969) – both fully enclosed in balconies.
20220601. Coming upon an apartment building hexagon. June is Modernist Month featuring images from Toronto and Ottawa.
20220527. Tower Hill East (1966) is where entire facades are balconies.
20220520. The Grand Harbour condominium tower complex is a decent postmodern highrise. Oh no, is postmodern architecture growing on me?
20220515. Where once was whatever it was and the Bauhaus Condos will be.
20220514. Mid-century modern mixed-use. An apartment tower sits above a parking garage and bus terminal.
20220513. An aerial view of the Alan Brown building reveals a little park terrace with grass and children’s playground.
20220301. Living in Brutalism.
20220224. As the pigeon flies … by the modern facade (45 Carlton St., Edward I. Richmond, 1981).
20220219. This bird turd covered structure at Islington Tower serves as a parking garage exit; fire department connection and garage ventilation.
20220213. Now that’s an entrance canopy!
20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise.
20220105. Tower vs. townhouse.
20211117. The Tower at Pier 27 with its balconies askew.
20211013. Uno Prii’s 666 Spadina looks new again.
20210922. Will Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East High-Rise Complex be the first white brutalist buildings in Toronto?
20210904. Minimal Aesthetic #156. Looking up at the Fleur Condos.
