20240501. LCBO head office facade II.
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20240430. The Dufferin Street Presbyterian Church (William R. Gregg, Neo Gothic, 1912) – from on fire in 2014 to completed condo conversion called the Hallam Towns in 2024.
20240429. LCBO head office facade.
20240428. The future location of King-Bathurst station on the @ontarioline is behind the south facade of the Canada Biscuit Company (A.R. Denison, 1900) I am hoping more of the west facade is retained than pictured here.
20240422. The Daily Food Mart at 8 Pailton is an interesting building with a front facade following the road and a built-in wall. It will be replaced by a parkette north of a new condo to be built at 214 Merton.
20240421. The moving heritage bank building wall.
20240415. Left – Langston House, 771-773 Yonge St, 1883. Right – Albert Britnell Book Shop, 765 Yonge St, RB McGiffen, 1928. Soon to be – Adagio. Do people actually reference the condo they live in? “Oh, I live at ‘Adagio'”.
20240411. We can finally start to see what lies beneath the ugly yellow metal cladding at 60 Queen St, a 1901 red brick building with mansard roof and corner turret.
20240410. I’m not sure I get the pinkish part of this new condominium tower.
20240404. The missing middle is coming back.
20240229. To me, the XO Condos (really?) wrapped around the Bank of British North America at King and Dufferin reminds me of clothes that just don’t match or a Christmas sweater.
20240227. Stripping an ESSO / Circle K before demolition at King and Strachan. #toronto #architecture #redevelopment
20240220. Retaining a pair of facades for a 548 condo unit building. Uptown near Yonge and Eglinton.
20240219. All that remains of the LCBO head office and warehouse between Lake Shore and Queens Quay
20240215. The braced facade of the old Capitol Theatre commercial block.
20240213. The 1969 Parkwood Towers on Redpath near Eglinton sits empty awaiting demolition and redevelopment.
20240129. The new Cherry Street North bridge on the new Cherry Street lights up at night.
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.
20240119. Notice 9. There’s is also a proposal to add 33 storeys on top of 200 University Avenue (John B. Parkin Associates, 1961) while maintaining the existing facades. Will the materials be new?
20240118. Notice 8. There’s a proposal to add 35 storeys and widen the Padulo Building (Sigmund D.F. Reszetnik, 1968) at Yonge and St. Clair while maintaining and complimenting the existing facade. I like that the hideous ground level addition will be removed and improved.
20240117. Notice 7. The McLaughlin Planetarium (Allward and Gouinlock, 1968) will make way for the impressive @uoft U of T Centre for Civilizations, Cultures, and Cities.
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.
20240115. Notice 5. I want to re-emphasize that 522 University Ave is an impressive late-moderm office building (1972). There is no way that redevelopment will even come close to the artistry exhibited in this building, right wzmh architects?
20240114. Notice 4. Something is missing at the NE corner of Ossington and Dupont. Oh yeah, one of my favourite industrial buildings – the 102 year-old 888 Dupont. I was shocked to see this empty corner. Back to threatened modernism tomorrow.
20240113. Notice 3. 522 University Ave is an impressive John B. Parkin office building (1972) but there are plans to reclad the building and add another 47 storeys – similar to what happened at 488 university.
