Tag Archives: toronto
20190926. Working on the slanted skyscraper roof of the EY Tower.
20190925. City people and City People the art piece, by Catherine Widgery, hang out in front of the Royal York Hotel at golden hour.
20190924. The 1937 Art Deco Paradise Theatre is reopening soon!
20190923. The cacophonous Carnaby Condos from Dufferin Street.
20190922. The SQ Condos rise above new TCHC (Toronto Community Housing) townhomes in a “revitalized” Alexandra Park.
20190921. Where Mimico Creek goes concrete. Come check it out on tomorrow’s walk: https://facebook.com/events/2091910074437770/
20190920. A former Brutalist bank at Danforth and Woodbine.
20190919. 555 Burnhamthorpe Road is a jumble of styles including modernist, brutalist and international style.
20190918. The 1877 Italianate Richard Purdom House (207 McCaul St) named for the architect who commissioned the residence.
20190917. This appears to be token facadism but word has it that the rest of the south wall will return. This image shows the building before and after demolition at 156 Front St W.
20190916. A ground view and aerial view of the bents that should remain to commemorate the Gardiner Expressway’s former Bay Street off-ramp in this new park. Unfortunately, the winning park design does not include them.
20190915. An elevated view of RBC Plaza.
20190912. The only truly orange exit in the TTC subway system is at St. Clair station.
20190911. Makeshift stairs lead to platforms under the Gardiner as the City prepares to replace the expressway deck.
20190910. This block of buildings bordered by University, Edward, Centre and Dundas, features art deco, gothic, modernist and international styles but will be replaced with a glass tower with only the end facades remaining.
20190909. Looking up in a private courtyard enclosed by walls.
20190908. The unusual social housing on Lumsden Avenue.
20190907. Concrete Stairwell. Minimal Aesthetic 144.
20190906. Looking up past the Residences of College Park at the phenomenal sky.
20190905. Mid-rise modernism with wings at the top of Brown’s Line.
20190904. Maple Leaf Square (2010) reflected in One York across the Gardiner Expressway.
20190902. On September 1st, another suspicious fire hit this 1865 heritage house at 314 Jarvis St slated for redevelopment. This image shows the house after a fire in January 2016 after an OMB appeal was launched to counter a city ruling that the development was too tall.
20190901. Looking up a 16 storey neomodern condominium atrium.
20190831. Peering way up Toronto’s Cadillac Fairview Tower.
