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20191130. A row of rowhouses.
20191109. Looking down on the John Street Roundhouse.
20191105. Richmond St W at Tecumseth St has probably looked the same for well over 50 years.
20190710. Fancy Brick Wall.
20180131. The facade of the 1889 Romanesque Revival Frederick Crompton Building, embedded in the HSBC Building (70 York St), includes rustic stone cladding and the repitition of round-arched arcades.
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.
20171213. Facing bay 17 on the John Street Roundhouse turntable.
20171118. Keeping the north art deco facade of the former Water Works building.
20170425. It’s time to re-imagine the derelict Wellington Destructor.
20170304. Up, underneath the Princes’ Gates celebrating 60 years of Confederation. Chapman & Oxley, Beaux Arts, 1927.
20170221. The 1935 art deco Allenby Theatre, once the Roxy and Toronto home to the The Rocky Horror Picture Show and now a Tim Hortons, designed by the master theatre architects Kaplan & Sprachman, and built for about $10,500.
