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20160605. Structures contemporary, temporary and of history in Toronto’s Distillery District.

20160523. An aerial view of Toronto’s quickly rising Harbour Plaza Residences.

20160519. Condo towers in Toronto’s Distillery District provide examples of compatibility and contrast in contextual design.
The white and blue towers contrast strikingly with the historic distillery buildings whereas the red towers seem compatible in shape and colour.
20160514 Today marks 5 years for this photo blog. Thanks for looking!

20160512. An aerial view of Toronto’s Fashion District and the northern border of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District.

20160509. A ringed vertical ladder perspective at Toronto’s former Unilever factory.

20160411. A man puts a highway overpass into scale (showing just how much space fast moving vehicles need).

20160403. Reception and Transmission above downtown Toronto.

20160315. Peering up Cityplace Block 32 at bold Toronto Community Housing.

20160303. An imposing residential tower rises above a walk up courtyard (Seligman and Dick, c.1972).

20160120. Once a road link to the Bayview extension; now a path to Toronto’s Corktown Common park.

20160104. A three-alarm fire at 314 Jarvis Street in Toronto today has left an abandoned 1865 house gutted.

20151225. Living in a rectangle of emphasis on King Street West.

20151211. The complete River City Phase 2 Condominiums from Eastern Avenue.

20151128. A Green GO Bus pulls into Oshawa’s grey concrete bus terminal.

20151123. Looking down on the Distillery District.

20151008. Hanging lights make Yorkdale Mall’s future Nordstrom a pretty construction site. Toronto.

20150922. Dead transmission towers stand sentinel over a hazy Toronto.

20150903. Do not enter the Pickering Nuclear Exclusion Zone.

20150801. A full-length view of Toronto’s art deco Victory Building (c.1930, Baldwin and Greene, 80m), Canada’s first fully air-conditioned building.

20150727. The transparent yet reflective glass curtain wall of Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

20150726. A Krider’s red-tailed hawk looks for prey on an abandoned rusty 53 year old pedestrian overpass in Thornhill.

20150714. Undergoing restoration, Toronto’s Design Exchange is using the perfect scaffolding cover.

20150713. Six shades of blue at Toronto’s 210 Simcoe condos. Minimal Aesthetic 61.
