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20141231. This grade-separated track replaces the railway junction after which Toronto’s Junction hood is named.
Now that trains no longer need to wait to cross the junction, GO Transit regional commuter trains as well as the soon to be implemented Union Station – Pearson International Airport Express train will run faster with more efficient scheduling.
20141229. The remaining Inn on the Park building (c.1971) at Eglinton and Leslie in Toronto stands in a half demolished state.
According to the Progreen Demolition website, this is one of the highest buildings (25 storeys) ever demolished in the GTA. The first Inn on the Park building, a modernist structure by architect Peter Dickinson was demolished in 2006.
20141228. The sky’s the limit at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
20141227. 11:10pm at the top of the Manulife Centre at Bloor and Jarvis.
20141225. The Milne Dam (latest build 1968) on the Rouge River is the seed from which Markham, Ontario sprang.
20141220. Sun rays and shadows are almost physical when fog and sunshine combine on Toronto’s waterfront.
20141219. Staring straight down the square stairwell.
20141218. At the new Life Sciences Building at Toronto’s York University, the building matches the ground.
20141215. The Art Deco Queen’s Quay Terminal (Toronto, built 1927, modified 1983) is Canada’s first poured concrete building.
20141212. The Centre of Excellence (c.2012) at York University’s Glendon Campus in Toronto is a true glass box.
20141211. The grand modernist entrance to Hilliard Residence at York University’s Glendon Campus in Toronto (c.1966).
20141210. The Fort York Visitor Centre emerges from the ground connecting the city to Garrison Common park.
20141208. The Delta Toronto hotel podium projects forward while its tower rises from the rear.
20141207. The entrance to York University’s colossal brutalist Ross Humanities and Social Sciences Building in Toronto.
20141206. The dramatic shade structure on the new Delta Toronto Hotel 4th floor terrace.
20141205. Toronto’s underground PATH system will soon open a North-South branch from Union Stn to these new exit pavilions.
20141204. The new angular Delta Toronto tower sprouts from its podium in Toronto’s fast-growing southcore.
20141203. A new pedestrian bridge over Toronto’s Simcoe St connects the South Core to the Skywalk.
20141202. The impressive light stairs at Toronto’s recently opened Bremner Tower in the South Financial Core.
20141201. St. James Town towers above Sherbourne Ave in Toronto.
20141130. The Queen Richmond Centre West (Toronto) is literally being built on history.
20141129. Toronto’s bleak Alexandra Park where units with wooden windows await demolition.
20141127. Walking the empty laneways of Toronto’s old (brutalist?) Alexandra Park before redevelopment.
20141126. Gawking at Delta Toronto’s stunning hotel lobby from the second floor on opening day.
