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20141102. Today, the 1964-seat Theater on the Ridge (Kodak Building 28, c.1959) was officially occupied by the Rochester Association of the Performng Arts (RAPA).
20141031. Entering Rochester’s abandoned subway (closed 1956), built in a former Erie Canal.
20141030. The empty, decaying yet classical modernist Duke of York public school (c.1958) in Toronto’s Regent Park.
The property on which this former Toronto District School Board school sits has been purchased by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Due to its bad state of repair, it will most likely be demolished.
20141024. Looking down the rear of the Trader’s Bank Building in Toronto (67 Yonge St, Architects Carrère and Hastings, c.1906).
20141023. Rochester’s outstanding Chase Tower on its side (Architect John Graham, c.1973).
20141021. Rochester’s impressive and unusual Andrews Terrace apartment building (Architects Bertin & O’Connell, c.1975).
20141019. Downtown Rochester is a compelling confluence of varying architectural eras and styles.
20141015. Concrete wall meets metal fence and void. Minimal Aesthetic 44.
20141014. From this height and viewpoint the CN Tower dwarfs every other building.
20141013. Looking NW across Toronto. Beyond the modern residential towers lies the CIBC tower at Yonge and Bloor.
20141012. Below sits the American Hat Frame Building (c.1912, Toronto) where it seems each office has its own A/C.
20141011. Although construction is not complete, streetcars return to Toronto’s Queens Quay tomorrow.
The TTC’s 511 Spadina streetcars (new and old) will now run from Spadina station to Union Station and the 509 Harbourfront streetcars are back in business.
20141010. A most unusual house on Coxwell Avenue in Toronto.
20141007. Although the One York St tower in Toronto is under construction, you can take the PATH walkway through it now.
20141005. The Toronto indoor PATH system now extends south of the elevated Gardiner Expressway, connecting the north and south financial cores.
20140927. Toronto’s coolest skylight, with its modernist 1972 design, brightens the indoors at night too.
20140926. The night lines and curves of Architect Viljo Revell’s Toronto City Hall.
20140925. Looking east and down across Toronto’s gleaming downtown at night.
20140917. Architect Viljo Revell’s concrete saucer at Toronto City Hall.
20140916. A section of south elevation of Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Art.
20140915. Behind Toronto’s new Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Art – opening this Friday.
20140910. The Key Tower in downtown Cleveland. At 947 feet, it is the tallest building in the state of Ohio.
20140909. White-capped revolving door in the “Ontario Place architectural style.” Brookfield Place, Toronto.
20140907. Tubular stainless steel revolving door. PWC Tower, 18 York St, Toronto.
