20230913. #Moriyama30 #11 – Market Galleria at 71 Front Street East (#postmodern, 1981). In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
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20230518. Sun and stripes.
20221119. Seeing the future from an alley in the past.
20220522. Artik Promotional Products (314 Adelaide St E) sits in a very long industrial building built in 1919.
20220515. Where once was whatever it was and the Bauhaus Condos will be.
20201220. Inside the facade of the 1942 Administrative Office of the Drug Trading Company and soon to be EQ Bank Tower.
20190226. The Mother of God of Prousa Greek Orthodox Church and its chapter building at 457-461 Richmond St E.
20190215. Three ornate warehouse buildings (1872-74) on Front St E. From left to right: Dixon Building (the last Toronto building with a cast iron facade), Perkins Inc. and Co., Beardmore Building.
20190206. Storefronts have turned into facades to make way for a glass office tower on King Street east of Yonge.
20181221. Demolition follows the securing of former storefronts in the process of facadism. The original storefronts are in the second image below.
20180806. Storefronts will turn into facades under a glass office tower on King Street east of Yonge.
20180714. Colborne Street – from Church to Commerce Court.
20180609. Demolition at sunset. This 1940 building and the lot it is on will be replaced by 1500 condo units in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood.
20180501. Where the L Tower and the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts collide.
WE ARE LAW and this is interesting architecture.
20171229. Two hands and the semi-rejuvenated International Style (of 26 Wellington).
20171119. A wide-angle view of new streetcar 4439 stuck in Christmas Parade traffic. With road closures impeding the flow of traffic, the King Street Pilot was effectively suspended today.
20170331. A monochrome match: 501 Adelaide Street W versus the Globe and Mail Centre.
20161115. The temporary rear view of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Hall. Architect William Thomas, Classic Revival, 1851.
20161019. Looking up at the wonderful massing at Toronto’s Berkeley Castle (1868).
20160916. From woolens / cigar box factory to the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres.
Renaissance Revival, 1885.
20160906. Imminent demolition of the St. Lawrence Market North Building may unearth 200 years of history.
20160904. Nail-polish scented steam escapes as a PVC liner is cured within a watermain requiring rehabilitation.
A PVC liner is inserted into a watermain between two manholes. Hot steam is then used to expand the liner to the width of pipe. The thermosetting resin in the liner is then cured by the steam and hardens. After cooling, the liner is now waterproof. This trenchless technology is used to stop leaks from imperfections or gaps in piping.
20140701. The undulating waves of the Market Wharf Condo balconies. St. Lawrence hood, Toronto.
20140614. Toronto’s St. Lawrence Garage is all about lines.
