20220426. Stairs and landings casting shadows.
Tag Archives: Toronto architecture
20220425. The Toronto Coach Terminal (Art Deco, Charles Dolphin, 1931) ceased operations on July 7, 2021 after 90 years of service.
20220424. The guards of the Allan Brown building.
20220423. Reflections of sunlight from a neighbouring mirrored tower give Toronto Police 52 Division a festive look.
20220422. The Parkside Student Residence facade.
20220421. A wall of every style of tile.
20220420. The contrasting textures of concrete at Kelly Library.
20220419. Concrete Envelope. Minimal Aesthetic #172.
20220417. Get your beer, buns and benadryl at Royce Dupont Plaza – serving the Junction Triangle since the 1960s.
20220416. Corrugated Trapezoid.
20220415. Glass Block Wall. Minimal Aesthetic 130.
20220414. The Robert J. Smith Apartments. Irving Boigon, 1966, Rexdale.
20220413. Ah the texture of exposed pebble concrete. Minimal Aesthetic #171.
20220412. The new Toronto Courthouse employs glass curtain walls that feel as impenetrable as many courthouse facades do. Minimal Aesthetic #170.
20220411. A shard of CN Tower on the Ritz.
20220409. Toronto Dominion Centre reflected in Royal Bank Plaza.
20220406. The residential strip mall make sense. Rexdale Mews features an elevated townhouse complex with private entrances.
20220405. A little horizontal holds its own against the vertical. Minimal Aesthetic #169.
20220404. The Canadian Tire with the Googie gas bar (Rexdale, 1968, see image 20220308) features novel brick work.
20220403. Sunday is a good day for a church. Here is St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Rexdale.
20220402. The typical Etobicoke Hydro Substation was available in various colours of brick. These buildings use transformers to step down the voltage of electricity for home use.
20220401. Like a giant Y, the Tedford Gardens apartment building stretches off into the distance.
20220331. Inside a large empty industrial warehouse destined to be demolished to make way for a new and more efficient large industrial warehouse.
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.
20220328. The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema has that art moderne vibe.
