20241114. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (Crang & Boake, 1960), a mid-century modern office building slated for redevelopment.
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20241113. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (Crang & Boake, 1960), a mid-century modern office building slated for redevelopment (2 photos). Tomorrow will feature 3 more photos.
20240916. Block long strip mall on Pape.
20240728. Porte Cochère XI. I have many more porte cochere images but this is the last one in this series. The substantial 311 Dixon Road.
20240727. Porte Cochère X. Heavy Duty 135 Fenelon Drive.
20240726. Porte Cochère IX. Space Age 65 Forest Manor Road. From the book “Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto” by Spacing and me.
Porte Cochère VIII. 150 Cosburn Ave is an example of Flintstone modernism.
20240724. Porte Cochère VII. Orange 20 Gamble Ave. 3rd building of 3, each with a different canopy.
20240723. Porte Cochère VI. Angular 72 Gamble Ave. 2nd building of 3, each with a different canopy.
20240722. Porte Cochère V. Undulating 100 Gamble Ave.
20240721. Porte Cochère IV. 130 Gowan Ave.
20240719. Porte Cochère II. 75 Cosburn Ave.
20240502. Public art at Yonge and St. Clair (Phlegm, 2016) on the Padulo building (Sigmund D. F. Reszetnik, 1968). We will lose the mural when this building is widened and 37 storeys are added on top.
20240426. Imperial and Oriole.
20240202. Modernist stairs versus brutalist stairs. Can you guess the wheres of these two sets of stairs?
20240120. Notice 10. The spectacular mid-century modern office building at 505 University (Shell Oil Building, Marani and Morris, 1958) may be demolished and rebuilt with 7 fewer floors (added 8 years after completion) and 50 more on top. That’s 3 of 5 ‘add a building on top’ proposals on University with 1 completed at 488 University.
20240116. Notice 6. Parkdale Library (Gordon Adamson, 1964) will be replaced by affordable housing at a new community hub with a larger library and community centre.
20231003. A mid-century modern roundhouse.
20221024. Elements of Modernism.
20221012. Three of five Brentwood Towers (Harry Kohl, 1958-1961) of Midtown Toronto.
20221011. Pleasant Park Baptist Church (Norman D. Sherriff, 1961) features a zigzag chimney and handrail, coloured tiles and glass blocks.
20221002. This modernist Concourse building is attached to a strip mall (1085 Steeles Ave W) which would make a great location for a new residential building with retail at ground.
20221001. A funky porte cochere that reminds me of the mid-century expressionism of Uno Prii.
20220929. The base of the The Concourse building at 1085 Steeles Ave E.
20220926. The tent-shaped St-Rémi Parish by Polish architect Zygmunt Julian Nowak, 1965.
