Tag Archives: urban toronto
20191115. The ramp that was.
20191111. Uno Prii’s 1966 mid-century expressionist 35 Walmer apartment tower entrance at night.
20191110. 425 University Avenue nestled between to brutalist buildings.
20191109. Looking down on the John Street Roundhouse.
20191108. The 1961 modernist facade of 151 Bloor Street west.
20191107. Balconies at the Bay Charles tower (at 57 Charles St) cast the perfect shadows resulting in diagonal stripes between them.
20191103. Alley.
20191027. Behind the 1876 heritage-designated rowhouses on Widmer Street, a 49 storey condo shall rise.
20191026. Yonge and The Esplanade, another fairly new high-rise intersection.
20191025. Keeping the podium of facades under wraps at 1 Yorkville.
20191024. The Art Deco Toronto Hydro Building at 14 Carlton Street (Chapman & Oxley, 1031) with its limestone face, Moderne bas-reliefs and four female heads peering down.
20191021. The Stanley Condominiums have turned Church and Carlton into a high-rise intersection.
20191020. 2 Carlton, a wonderful heritage-listed mid-century modern office tower is on the chopping block for a 73 storey condo tower.
20191017. A section of postmodern podium at John Frank Place (80 Dundas St E).
20190930. The 1931 Beaux Arts Canada Life Building at dusk.
20190925. City people and City People the art piece, by Catherine Widgery, hang out in front of the Royal York Hotel at golden hour.
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.
20190609. Between Evans Ave, the QEW and the Gardiner Expressway.
20190518. The doomed buildings of Commerce Court.
20181101. Behind the Fairmont Royal York is Piper Street.
20181001. Head down to the Manulife Centre to see how to mess up a Brutalist masterpiece. The images below show the building before and during the so-called revitalization.
20180717. Sunlight and its specular and diffuse reflections in a dead end alley.
20180716. Looking south at the narrow block between University Avenue and Simcoe Street.
20180714. Colborne Street – from Church to Commerce Court.
