20230423. Edwardian Classicism at the TTC Russell Substation.
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20230421. As Exhibition Station prepares to accommodate the Ontario Line, a temporary pedestrian bridge is being constructed while the current tunnel will be inaccessible.
20230416. From the west end of the Strachan Avenue rail trench, you can see the ‘deteriorated air quality’ that enveloped the city this weekend.
20230315. Sun Light. #toronto #lakeshore #QEW #infrastructure #downtowntoronto
20230202. A fellow floating at a foggy Firkin Flatiron, putting up a pole at the pub.
20230123. An 1882-installed cast iron water main burst over the weekend closing the King/University intersection for 2-3 weeks depending on whether tracks need moving or not. The burst caused a large shallow hole and TTC routes 504, 503 are affected.
20230115. Underpass.
20221217. A long view of the TTC’s most outdoor station Rosedale (John B. Parkin, 1950). From 2011.
20221120. An attractive TTC traction power substation near Finch Station.
20221112. An acute concrete corner at the airport.
20221031. Airport Aerial. Toronto Pearson Terminal 3.
20221030. The Canada Post Ottawa Mail Processing Plant (OMPP). D’Arcy Helmer, 1970.
20221022. Construction and rehabilitation of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau, a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010.
20221017. Interesting angles, exposed pipes and smokestack at the Power Plant (Murray and Murray, 1973), providing district heating and cooling at University of Ottawa.
20221016. One of a series of 3 spans called the Minto Bridges crossing the Rideau River and connecting Green and Maple Islands to the mainland. Dominion Bridge Company of Montreal, 1900.
20221013. The centre deck of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau carried CPR trains while the side decks carried electric trolleys and carriages. It is a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010.
20220928. The old school modernist concrete and brick bus shelters of the large and sparse Confederation Heights public service campus in Ottawa
20220920. Not only do the Ontario Power Building and the TTC Orde transformer substation have power in common, they look good together too.
20220909. As part of the Signalling and Train Contril improvement program for the Union Station Rail Corridor, this signal tower has been restored and obscured by a new south facing wall.
20220727. A transmission tower that changes the direction of power.
20220725. This Bell Canada exchange building was once a four storey streamlined art deco building (1937). It lost its top and gained three floors in the 1960s.
20220713. Ottawa Hydro Electric Sub-Station No 4 in the Modern Classical Style, a variant of Art Deco often used for public buildings (William C. Beattie, 1931).
20220525. The Toronto Hydro-Electric System Windsor Station shadow font.
20220523. Give me more juice!
20220510. Octogon X. Minimal Aesthetic 89.
