Tag Archives: modernism
20150202. The curved concrete modernism of Toronto’s TTC Wilson Station waiting area and wind barriers
20150120. Shadow versus sunlight at Parkway Place 2 and 3 (1965/66). Thorncliffe Park, Toronto.
20141211. The grand modernist entrance to Hilliard Residence at York University’s Glendon Campus in Toronto (c.1966).
20141129. Toronto’s bleak Alexandra Park where units with wooden windows await demolition.
20141110. A pedestrian bridge leads to the 1948 modernist 1,007,000 SF Kodak Building 205 in Rochester, NY.
20141106. The Bank of America’s modernist tower with pavilion reflecting the building’s stilts. Rochester, c.1962.
20141104. The abandoned modernist Terrence Building at Rochester’s Psychiatric Center campus (open 1959-1995).
20141002. Parkin’s classic modernist Art Shoppe (2131 Yonge St, Toronto) is to be demolished to make way for condos.
20140927. Toronto’s coolest skylight, with its modernist 1972 design, brightens the indoors at night too.
20140822. Modernist high-rise demolition cross-section in Regent Park, Toronto.
We should applaud the revitilization in Regent Park but should also appreciate the design of these modernist towers before all five are gone.
They were very unique. John Bentley Mays did a good job describing these apartments: “Every one of the five high-rises is a stack of 97 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, each disposed, like a small townhouse, on two floors. By eliminating corridors on every second floor — the elevator skips the floors without hallways — Dickinson was able to open out the common area in each apartment to the width of the whole slab. The results: a sense of spaciousness, light coming from two directions, good cross-ventilation and views of Lake Ontario for almost every resident of the towers.”
20140820. The half-demolished 1958 Peter Dickinson modernist high-rise in Regent Park, Toronto.
20140307. Rosedale subway station in Toronto is a fine example of modernist architecture (c.1954, Architect John B. Parkin).
20140228. The modernist Lord Lansdowne Public School (c.1961, Architect Peter Pennington) – main building, gymnasium wing and main entrance.
The folded plate roof unifies these three sections of the school.
20140225. TTC’s modernist Old Mill subway station (c.1968) in Toronto.
John Martins-Manteiga’s Mean City documents some of Toronto’s finest post-war era modernist architecture. Although not mentioned in the book, I think that Old Mill station is also a fine specimen of modernism with its half elevated and half underground station design and beautiful views of the Humber River.
