This is a 6-storey masonry warehouse building that was used to store barrels of alcohol. Designed by David Roberts Jr and constructed between 1842-1851, it was built where the residence of James Gooderham Worts once stood. Archaeological evidence of this residence may survive underneath the building. Thanks goes to a Heritage Impact Assessment report by ERA Architects for the above information.
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20160304. The anatomy of a fire exit stairwell.
20160303. An imposing residential tower rises above a walk up courtyard (Seligman and Dick, c.1972).
20160302. Toronto’s modern classical 1953 decommissioned Commissioners St Incinerator building.
An excellent example of Modern Classical design with stone detailing and varied fenestration, the incinerator opened in 1955 with the capacity to burn 900 Imperial tons per day. It was closed in 1988 after a Department of Public Health reported that it generated dioxin and other carcinogenic chemicals. It now functions as a waste transfer station.
20160301. Waiting for the bus under a massive relic of modernism.
Toronto‘s Sutton Place Hotel was built in 1967 by WZMH Architects. After almost 50 years in service the building is being redeveloped as a condominium tower.
20160229. The shifting balconies of the 1Thousand Bay Condos.
20160228. A stripped 1967 brutalist Sutton Place Hotel shall transform into The Britt Condos.
20160227. Modernist Box Office. Toronto’s 1957 Queen Elizabeth Building.
20160226. A reflection of two generations of power plants in Toronto’s Port Lands.
On the left is the Portland Energy Centr, a natural gas powered power plant that opened in 2008 and on the right is the Hearn Generating Station, a decommissioned coal-fired plant that opened in 1951 and closed in 1983.
20160225. Toronto’s 1972 brutalist Grand Hotel may be redeveloped into a 45 storey tower.
ERA Architects conducted the heritage impact statement. In short the building is not heritage-listed, not in a Heritage Conservation District and its height is not out of character with coming development. Amexon Development and CORE Architects Inc are behind the proposal.
20160224. From Dow Corning to Church of the Resurrection, another great Macy Dubois modernist building (1965).
20160223. A transmission tower that changes the direction of power.
20160221. The Old Don Jail restored to its original stunning beauty II.
20160220. The Old Don Jail restored to its original stunning beauty.
20160219. The facade of an inverted brutalist ziggurat.
20160218. Bye Hilton Garden Inn (200 Dundas E), hello Dundas Square Gardens (condos).
The hotel was originally a mid-century modernist office building with some redeeming elements as shown in the image below from the 1960’s. Thanks to Chuckman’s Photos on WordPress (https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wordpress.com/).
20160217. The sublime River City 1 blends brilliantly with blue sky.
20160216. Looking up at Toronto’s gleaming 777 Bay St at dusk (c.1983, Webb Zerafa Menkes).
20160215. Below Toronto’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute double helix pedestrian bridge at St. Michael’s Hospital.
20160214. Large scale minimal art in Toronto’s new Bay Adelaide Centre East. Minimal Aesthetic 84.
20160213. An aerial view of the heritage-listed Clarence Square Building at 49 Spadina Street in Toronto.
Architects Sproatt and Rolph, c.1911.
Formerly the Steele Briggs Seed Company warehouse.
20160212. Going to great heights to cast filming light into Toronto’s King Edward Hotel Ballroom.
20160211. Getting ready to shoot at Balzac’s across from Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market.
20160210. H&M has a new and intensely bright facade at Toronto’s CF (Cadillac Fairview) Eaton Centre.
20160209. Turquoise Celeste Cyan and Blue. In Queen West triangles and parallelograms are of such hue. Minimal Aesthetic 83.
