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20151126. Pointy pipes push their fictitious monochromatic fumes skyward.
20150522. Doors Open on meters, pipes and levers at the Portlands Energy Centre.
20150310. The art deco details of Leslieville’s closed-to-become-condo Weston Bakery in Toronto.
20141230. Demolition of these landmark silos (c.1893) has commenced in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood.
These silos have a long history. Once they were the Campbell Flour Mills and were most recently owned by St. Marys Cement. There is talk about the site being used for a “suburban style plaza with surface parking” probably not unlike the Stockyards Mall recently completed nearby.
20141119. The intriguing St. Mary’s Cement building in Leaside, Toronto was originally 2 storeys when built in 1976.
20140520. Buffalo’s grand Standard Elevator (c.1928, Architect A.E. Baxter).
– Note the architectural details at the front of the elevator.
– The two large dark towers are moveable “marine legs” that take up grain from docked ships.
– Buffalo is/was considered the “elevator capital” of America.