
Tag Archives: redevelopment
20180710. Construction-hoarding-obscured borehole drilling machines.


20180525. A sectional reflection of Toronto’s ephemeral Southcore skyline.

Bloor Collegiate Institute (1948), with its “moderne style that was quite adventurous for Toronto and very well-executed” (Alex Bozikovic, Globe And Mail, Apr 5, 2018) faces demolition due to uncreative redevelopment.

20180401. Say goodbye to these white facades on Dufferin north of Queen as they get torn down for a trio of generic mid-rise condos. A sentimental second take.

20180331. Say goodbye to the white facade strip on Dufferin north of Queen as it gets torn down for a trio of generic mid-rise condos.

The modernist Cummer Avenue United Church may soon be surrounded by condominium towers. Reference No. 11 287471 NNY 24 OZ and 11 287481 NNY 24 SB.

20180219. Pearl St will soon transform from a street to skyscrapers to a street of skyscrapers.

Strange architectural bedfellows – colossal and contemporary contrasting with modest, modernist and moderne – until the older building sprouts its own office tower.

20180130. This fine specimen of 1878 industrial architecture at 15 Mercer St., built by Langley, Langley & Burke as stables for Verral Cab, Omnibus and Baggage Transfer Co., shall play facade for the 45-storey twin tower Nobu Residences, a condo, hotel, dining complex owned by Nobu Hospitality, a chain founded partly by Robert DeNiro.

20180125. At the Westbank Honest Ed’s development, Trainers Fitness topples next to the AltermaThinking holdout (and pretty neat store). #Toronto #redevelopment #architecture #demolition @VillageMirvish @Mirvish_Village @MirvishVillage @UrbStrat

20180108. The non-existent Honest Ed Alley.

20171228. Demolishing heritage architecture on College St to make way for the Design Haus condos.

20171207. Abandoned possessions at the almost abandoned Massey Medal winning Don Valley Woods modernist townhouse complex which is slated for demolition to make way for the Ravine condo development by Urban Capital.

20171118. Keeping the north art deco facade of the former Water Works building.

The cuboid vestibule inside the new Concourse Building inside the new EY Tower

20170615. A look back at the 2015 demolition of a modernist Peter Dickinson Regent Park tower in the park.

20170511. A temporary stairwell with a view soon to be swallowed up by Streetcar Developments’ Riverside Square.

20170426. An aerial view of the anatomy of a demolition (of the single storey modernist Brink’s Express Company of Canada building).

20170328. One Spadina is just about ready for Faculty and Staff to move in.

20170320. 1880s Victorian houses modeled into Yorkville’s York Square (1968), face development pressure to build a 30-storey condo on top.

20170315. This row of buildings at 738-744 Bathurst St (at Lennox St) will be conserved in the Westbank-developed Mirvish Village.

20170307. The 1892 Queen Anne Revival 2.5-storey fourplex Henry Mullen Buildings shall remain in the Westbank-developed Mirvish Village.

20170303. Atop Toronto’s old Unilever factory, a site soon to be transformed by First Gulf

20170211. This charming unkempt building at College and Huron faces demolition then inaccurate facadism as part of the Design Haus condos by developer Shiu Pong and Kirkor Architects.
