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20141109. The 1913 neo-gothic terra-cotta-clad 299 Queen St W, Toronto.
20141107. The tall, narrow and not-so-blue CrystalBlu condos (21 Balmuto) offer a clear view down Toronto’s Hayden Street.
20141105. Living the high-life in mixed-income Regent Park (Paintbox Condos left; 252 Sackville Toronto Community Housing right).
20141101. The curves of Toronto’s Union Station streetcar platform are a familiar sight once again.
20141030. The empty, decaying yet classical modernist Duke of York public school (c.1958) in Toronto’s Regent Park.
The property on which this former Toronto District School Board school sits has been purchased by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Due to its bad state of repair, it will most likely be demolished.
20141027. Soon to be the last of 5 1958 modernist high-rises in Toronto’s Regent Park, will this empty building’s heritage status save it?
20141026. Circular patterns emerge in sunlight at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox building (KPMB Architects, 2010). What causes them?
20141024. Looking down the rear of the Trader’s Bank Building in Toronto (67 Yonge St, Architects Carrère and Hastings, c.1906).
20141022. The Sun Life Financial building at One York rises east of the 10 York Condo pit in Toronto.
20141020. Brutalism, flowers and concrete islands at University of Toronto’s Medical Sciences Building.
20141015. Concrete wall meets metal fence and void. Minimal Aesthetic 44.
20141014. From this height and viewpoint the CN Tower dwarfs every other building.
20141013. Looking NW across Toronto. Beyond the modern residential towers lies the CIBC tower at Yonge and Bloor.
20141012. Below sits the American Hat Frame Building (c.1912, Toronto) where it seems each office has its own A/C.
20141011. Although construction is not complete, streetcars return to Toronto’s Queens Quay tomorrow.
The TTC’s 511 Spadina streetcars (new and old) will now run from Spadina station to Union Station and the 509 Harbourfront streetcars are back in business.
20141010. A most unusual house on Coxwell Avenue in Toronto.
20141009. Sheets of sharp-lined self-storage shed roofs meld into the distance at Main and Danforth in Toronto.
20141008. A dark Union Station during yesterday’s blackout in Toronto.
20141007. Although the One York St tower in Toronto is under construction, you can take the PATH walkway through it now.
20141005. The Toronto indoor PATH system now extends south of the elevated Gardiner Expressway, connecting the north and south financial cores.
20141004. Into the mouth of the temporary bridge spanning the construction site of the future 100 Adelaide W, Toronto.
20141004. Into the mouth of the temporary bridge spanning the construction site of the future 100 Adelaide W, Toronto.
20141003. Looming lighting in the Toronto underground PATH system.
20141002. Parkin’s classic modernist Art Shoppe (2131 Yonge St, Toronto) is to be demolished to make way for condos.
20141001. An door-less flood-prone parkade vestibule at night. Minimal Aesthetic 43.
