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20150709. A full-length view of Toronto’s palace of purification (RC Harris Water Treatment Plant Filtration Building, Art Deco, c.1941).
Restoration completed by CH2M Hill with heritage consultant Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd.
20150708. Part of the perceptibly pristine palace of purification in profile (RC Harris Water Treatment Plant Filtration Building, Art Deco, c.1941).
20150706. Looking up at the flared top of one of North York’s Emerald Park condo towers.
20150705. Inside an interweaving of i-beams.
20150703. 3 mini-towers connected by glazed passageways make up Toronto’s River City Phase 2.
20150702. The art deco/ art moderne Maple Leaf Gardens, once a cathedral of hockey, hosts Pan Am basketball.
20150701. The view from the Sick Kids Research Centre frames the very tall Aura at College Park Condos.
20150630. The adaptive reuse of 545 King St W, Toronto includes this transformed laneway.
20150629. A sodium vapour eye in a prismatic sky. Minimal Aesthetic 58.
20150628. Street light versus glass box building at night. Shot at Queen Richmond Centre West, Toronto.
Architects: Sweeny &Co Architects Inc., Stephenson Engineering
Developer: Allied Properties REIT
20150627. A clutter of street lights. Minimal Aesthetic 57.
20150625. The beautiful designed TR2 Equinix Data Centre on Toronto’s Parliament St has porcelain panels reminiscent of punch cards.
20150611. With Toronto city council choosing the hybrid option, the Keating Channel will look largely the same.
Image 10/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150610. How you feel about the Gardiner Expressway depends on your point of view.
Image 9/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150609. As is, there’s a lot of unused land around Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway.
Image 8/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150608. A section of Gardiner East deck ends abruptly like a sculpture to a past era in motoring.
Image 7/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150607. If removed, the Gardiner Expressway would end just east of Yonge St north of prime development land.
Image 6/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150606. Whatever awaits Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway, it must come down somewhere new.
Image 5/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150605. Imagine a naturalized Don River beneath the Gardiner Expressway to Don Valley Parkway ramps.
Image 4/10 exploring the Future of the Gardiner East leading up to the Toronto City Council vote.
20150604. Is the Gardiner Expressway a psychological barrier to a forgotten place?
20150601. This must be the safest place in town.
20150531. Ionic columns rise above the entrance of Toronto’s iconic Dominion Public Building.
20150530. Brutalist Robarts ramparts protect the Library keep within at University of Toronto.
20150529. A siren stands sentinal over hoods near the Pickering Nulear Generating Station.
