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.
20240815. Oakville 3. Life behind slats at Andrew Court.
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.
20240720. Porte Cochère III. 91 Cosburn Ave. This canopy has been removed and the building painted grey and white. Don’t paint brick!
20240719. Porte Cochère II. 75 Cosburn Ave.
20240718. Porte Cochère (or entrance canopy) I. Let’s take a look at some cool porte cochères. 50 Cosburn Ave.
20240704. Bloor Dundas Square (1976) might be the strangest and ugliest building in Toronto.
20240504. What were they thinking when they made this mixed-use monstrosity known as the Holly Square Apartments (1968) up at Yonge and Eglinton.
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.
20240501. LCBO head office facade II.
20240429. LCBO head office facade.
20240426. Imperial and Oriole.
20240424. Three reflections on 45 St. Clair W – Clifford & Lawrie, 1968.
20240423. The Duplate Canada Building (right, Allward & Gouinlock, 1957) and the Rolex building (left Allward & Gouinlock, 1951) have an interesting history and will be featured in my upcoming tour “Modern Scenes on St. Clair II” with Heritage Toronto.
20240420. The modernist Moss Park Armoury (Page & Steele Architects, 1966), has lost some of its modernism. Take a look at the roofline in both images (taken 2024 and 2020).
20240414. The modern parking spot.
