20161020a. 4417 vs. 4425. Two TTC 510 Spadina Flexity streetcars (LRVs) meet at Queen and Spadina. Vehicle 4425 is the latest to enter service.
20161020b. Narrowly dodging a TTC Flexity Outlook streetcar on Queens Quay.
Tag Archives: toronto
20161019. Looking up at the wonderful massing at Toronto’s Berkeley Castle (1868).
20161018. The Grange Triple Double House is a multi-unit dwelling and a winner in the 2016 Innovation in LEED awards for Sustainability. 2014, Williamson Chong Architects.
20161017. Sun Ray Simulation. Minimal Aesthetic 100.
20161016. Living in luxury atop Toronto’s modern 1960 CIL building.
The office tower is at 130 Bloor Street West while residents enter from the rear at 155 Cumberland St. Although this building is not heritage designated, it is known for the heritage-designated two-storey Torno penthouse on the top floors of the original building. The additional floors were added in 2010.
Addition: Quadrangle Architects Limited
Original: @Bregman + Hamann
Torno Penthouse: Philip Johnson
20161015. The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is striking no matter what the angle.
20161014. University of Toronto Scarborough’s impressive Arts and Administration Building, designed by Montgomery & Sisam Architects.
20161013. The broad, curving roadway at ground level leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1.
20161011. Hanging out on the breakwater (constructed 1920-1925) at Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach.
20161010. A 1931 Art Deco garage entrance to drive through at the Mayfair Mansions in South Hill, Toronto.
20161009. A study in concrete at York University’s Curtis Lecture Halls. Minimal Aesthetic 99.
20161007. Sneaking a peek at the UP Express train through the concrete that supports its elevated track.
20161006. The protuberant parkade at Pearson Airport’s Terminal 1.
20161005. From left to right, the three buildings of the wonderful Art Deco R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant are the Pumping Station, Service Building and Filtration Building.
20161004. Allstream Centre symmetry.
20161003. Two 91 year old Parkdale walk-up apartments facing south but built to follow the angle of King St. West.
20161002. BMO Field’s west entrance is all that remains of the modernist Canada Sports Hall of Fame (1961-2005).
20161001. One Bloor dominates an ever-rising Toronto skyline.
20160930. This block on Yonge Street is to be demolished to make way for the 44-storey Clover on Yonge condominiums.
20160929. The massive concrete pads supporting the columns (or bents) of the Gardiner Expressway sit unearthed at the site of the future WestBlock / LakeShore / LakeFront development (where the art deco Loblaw Groceterias building will be re-built).
20160928. Reflecting east Toronto at X the Condominium.
20160927. Although Regent Park is widely criticized, its low-rise buildings have some appeal.
20160926. Danforth Avenue stretches east into the distance.
20160925. The gold-infused glass of the Royal Bank Plaza north tower reflects the tallest of the TD Centre towers.
20160924. A boy puts a railway underpass on Eglinton Avenue into scale.
