20241116. This house and the one next door, at Eglinton and Bayview, are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will rise above the Leaside Crosstown station.
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20210909. Dynamic testing of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT coupled light rail vehicles has begun between Laird Dr. and Kennedy Rd.
20201124. Georgian Symmetry.
20181224. Horizontal Transmission Tower.
20141121. A 1940s 40’x100’ Quonset Hut on Canvarco Rd in the Leaside neighbourhood is a wartime remnant of Toronto’s military past.
From Wikipedia: “A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semicircular cross-section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I. Hundreds of thousands were produced during World War II and military surplus was sold to the public, making “Quonset hut” a household word.”
20141119. The intriguing St. Mary’s Cement building in Leaside, Toronto was originally 2 storeys when built in 1976.
20141115.The Telus Laird Data Centre north elevation at dusk (Leaside, Toronto) – concrete-free post modern brutalism?
