Tag Archives: urban toronto
20200407. Stairs and shiny stainless steel at Commerce Court West. I.M Pei, 1972.
20200405. The prominent pillars of Peter Street courtesy of Tableau Condominiums.
20200403. The postmodern portal to the PATH.
20200325. The monoliths of Royal Bank Plaza.
20200324. Looking up at the EY Tower’s very interesting northwest corner at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200323. An impressive array of scaffolding slowly takes over the facade of the Ontario Government’s Mowat Block as they prepare to move, assess and pallet all limestone pavers on the building as part of the Macdonald Block Resconstruction Project.
20200322. The Sheraton Centre Toronto has some nice lines. John B. Parkin Associates with design consultant Seppo Valjus, 1972.
20200321. There is nobody at the Union Station GO Transit bus terminal. Saturday March 21, 2020 15:41.
20200320. One of the postmodern elements at Commerce Court added in the 1990s by Zeidler Partnership Architects.
20200319. Few bipedal primate mammals at this pandemic. Yonge and Front, 2020Mar18 17:08. Is this how the transition from gathering in offices to working at home in the virtual workplace starts?
20200318. The long and empty GO Transit corridor to platforms 24-27 Wednesday at 5:53 PM during Ontario’s coronavirus pandemic state of emergency.
20200317. GO Transit had barren platforms at rush hour on this day when Ontario declared a state of emergency.
20200316. From here, Yonge Street seems to be a boulevard of facades.
20200314. Entering the Green P Parking Garage at 40 York Street.
20200313. Behind the Toronto Hydro-Electric System Windsor Station and its two eras of architecture.
20200311. Coronavirus has temporarily solved Toronto’s rush hour traffic woes.
20200304. The almost complete Massey Tower Condos reflected in the Cadillac Fairview tower.
20200303. An east profile reveals the EY Tower’s protrusion at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200223. The Loblaw Groceterias building (1928) has been resurrected as the West Block.
20200221. The Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre is finally starting to go up.
20200220. I’ve often wondered how cranes are mounted in construction pits and now I have a clue.
20200319. Looking east and then west on Wellington Street West at sunset.
20200218 Competing curtain walls – 2009 (top) vs 1987 (bottom). Minimal Aesthetic 147.
20200215. When a building is ghosted (painted white), you know it is coming down. This is 328 Dupont, where the ANX condos will be built.
