20230510. Facades are the book ends of redevelopment in Toronto.
Tag Archives: St. Lawrence Neighbourhood
20230327. Demolition often reveals facades long hidden from view – like here at what is left of the Ontario Design Centre and future home of 800 more condo units.
20230308. After being dismantled, the building that was home to the Tom Jones Steak House is back with more windows.
20230306. Brutalism in Brick.
20230202. A fellow floating at a foggy Firkin Flatiron, putting up a pole at the pub.
With Rehearsal Factory on Front Street closed, finding music rehearsal space in Toronto is harder. The building itself awaits demolition but the front facade will be saved.
20220329. Three of four corners at Front and Parliament currently await redevelopment including the First Parliament site and land needed for building the Ontario Line subway.
20211022. Signs of the new St. Lawrence Market North have finally appeared.
20210202. The anatomy of construction at 75 The Esplanade.
20210120. The open air pavilion in St James Park was inspired by the Gothic arches of the neighbouring St. James Cathedral.
20210114. Putting into perspective just how big a traffic light is with an unusual installation at a parking garage entrance.
20210111. Going to great heights to cast filming light into Toronto’s King Edward Hotel Ballroom.
20200921. Fire in the House.
20200719. Nealon House at 197 King St E was a late Victorian era (1888) Romanesque Revival purpose-built hotel and may be once again.
20200525. The laneway between modern and contemporary.
20200504. With the East United Condos nearing completion, it isn’t to early to say that this development is discordant at best.
20200321. How to stand in lines for critical supplies at the LCBO – just think of all that disinfectant in bottles – while practicing social distancing.
20200216. The postmodern 15 Scadding Court with its bulky Brutalist massing.
20200202. Toronto City Council has endorsed replacing the brutalist St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts with a new state-of-the-art cultural and civic hub.
20200120. At Front and Wellington sits a postmodern condo built to anticipate another building with only an insignificant building in front – the perfect development site yet it has no application.
20191218. The partial 1870 Andrew McFarren Building at 237 Queen St E. once extended along Queen St to Sherbourne St to the right but was truncated for a bank branch that no longer exists.
20191019. George Brown’s St. James campus dates back to 1874 when Mr. Christie started making good cookies.
20190813. This modernist and moderne building is about to sprout an office tower.
20190808. The east facade of Georgian 111 King St E after the wedding. Built in 1841, it survived the Great Fire of 1849.
20190712. Even my non-descript street in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood is film-worthy for the Netflix series The Boys.
