photos 20240225. 2 Queen Street West – the 1896 Philip Jamieson Building – is looking a lot nicer than when it was a Coast Mountain Sports store with most of the building hidden behind bland grey cladding. Image February 26, 2024 Vik
photos 20240224. A bit of the art dispersed around Ossington Station called ‘Ossington Particles’ by Scott Eunson, 2016. The art tells the story of the natural and human history of this site. Image February 25, 2024 Vik
photos 20240220. Retaining a pair of facades for a 548 condo unit building. Uptown near Yonge and Eglinton. Image February 21, 2024 Vik
photos 20240215. The braced facade of the old Capitol Theatre commercial block. Image February 16, 2024 Vik
photos 20240213. The 1969 Parkwood Towers on Redpath near Eglinton sits empty awaiting demolition and redevelopment. Image February 13, 2024 Vik
photos 20240211. Change is afoot in the TTC. Here we have Rosedale station with a revealed ceiling and new entrance structure tiling at Summerhill Station. Image February 12, 2024 Vik
photos 20240209. Tracking the tile replacement project at Queen’s Park station in 4 images. #ttc #toronto #transit #torontotransit #infrastructure #subway Image February 10, 2024 Vik
photos 20240208. 1. A sheltered walkway from the Humber College Finch LRT station (white box) to the bus terminal at Humber College North Campus. 2. A typical Finch LRT station is black. Image February 10, 2024 Vik
photos 20240207. A couple of images along the Finch LRT that nears completion. The first shows the rail ramp underground on Hwy 27 to Humber College station and the second shows wires reflecting sunlight along the Finch Ave LRT corridor. Image February 8, 2024 Vik
photos 20240203. The future Don Mouth riverbed lined with armour stone (facing north from the Commissioner’s Street bridge). Image February 4, 2024 Vik
photos 20240202. Modernist stairs versus brutalist stairs. Can you guess the wheres of these two sets of stairs? Image February 3, 2024 Vik
photos 20240201. The scene at Yonge and Wellesley during today’s blackout. Image February 2, 2024 Vik
photos 20240131. The Canada Malt Co. (wasn’t it Canada Malting Co.?) silos are looking pretty good these days (J.S. Metcalf, 1928). Image February 1, 2024 Vik
photos 20240129. The new Cherry Street North bridge on the new Cherry Street lights up at night. Image January 30, 2024 Vik
photos 20240126. PATH VI. Dropping under Wellington St W in @path.toronto. Image January 27, 2024 Vik
photos 20240124. PATH IV. Some parts of the PATH are lesser known as they are only open during office hours. These section has been ‘revitalized’. Image January 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240123. PATH III. I love how the shapes on the ceiling and the floor match in this postmodern space. Image January 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240121. PATH 1. Enough depressing redevelopment shots! Been exploring the PATH and connecting malls lately so here’s a series of interior shots from the largely postmodern PATH. Can you guess where? Image January 22, 2024 Vik
photos 20240120. Notice 10. The spectacular mid-century modern office building at 505 University (Shell Oil Building, Marani and Morris, 1958) may be demolished and rebuilt with 7 fewer floors (added 8 years after completion) and 50 more on top. That’s 3 of 5 ‘add a building on top’ proposals on University with 1 completed at 488 University. Image January 21, 2024 Vik
photos 20240119. Notice 9. There’s is also a proposal to add 33 storeys on top of 200 University Avenue (John B. Parkin Associates, 1961) while maintaining the existing facades. Will the materials be new? Image January 20, 2024 Vik
photos 20240118. Notice 8. There’s a proposal to add 35 storeys and widen the Padulo Building (Sigmund D.F. Reszetnik, 1968) at Yonge and St. Clair while maintaining and complimenting the existing facade. I like that the hideous ground level addition will be removed and improved. Image January 20, 2024 Vik
photos 20240117. Notice 7. The McLaughlin Planetarium (Allward and Gouinlock, 1968) will make way for the impressive @uoft U of T Centre for Civilizations, Cultures, and Cities. Image January 18, 2024 Vik