photos 20161122. Some interesting signs at Honest Ed’s (closing at the end of the year) include “LADIES and SNACK BAR” and “Welcome to Yesterday” from the old Memory Lane Books. Signs are also on sale, perhaps an Ed Mirvish cut-out too. November 23, 2016 Vik
photos 20161121. Three English Cottage Style structures, each with seven houses of varying plans, make up Rosedale’s Ancroft Place, a unique Garden City 21-unit housing complex (1927, Shepard & Calvin). November 22, 2016 Vik
photos 20161116. Between embankment, off-ramp and refuse, the CN Tower guides the way. November 17, 2016 Vik
photos 20161115. The temporary rear view of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Hall. Architect William Thomas, Classic Revival, 1851. Image November 16, 2016 Vik
photos 20161113. Originally the Harris Henry Fudger house (1898), this is one of the many incredible houses in Rosedale. November 14, 2016 Vik
photos 20161110. A column terminates the sweeping curve of the Toronto Ismaili Centre front facade. November 11, 2016 Vik
photos 20161108. The early 20th-century mid-rise commercial and industrial buildings of the Fashion District between King and Wellington Streets. November 9, 2016 Vik
photos 20161107. A crystalline glass roof rises above a landscaped tree line at the Toronto Ismaili Centre in Don Mills, next to the Aga Khan Museum. Designed by Charles Correa and Moriyama & Teshima Architects. November 7, 2016 Vik
photos 20161106. The interesting and varied historic architecture of Spadina Avenue. From left to right: WJ Gage building, Darling Building, Tower Building, Reading Building, Fashion Building and The Morgan Condominiums (built 2002). November 7, 2016 Vik
photos 20161105. The box that is Italinteriors Contract at 445 King Street East. November 6, 2016 Vik
photos 20161104. The Broadview Hotel, once Jilly’s strip club, looks splendid once again. November 5, 2016 Vik
photos 20161103. Toronto’s safest and most impressive hoarding. Made of shipping containers, it protects the sidewalk in front of a government building slated for demolition at 880 Bay Street. November 4, 2016 Vik
photos 20161102. The distinctive concave facade of the Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Youth and Family Courts Building. Peter Dickinson,1957. November 3, 2016 Vik
photos 20161101. The grand classical entrance to the recently renovated Nelson Mandela Park Public School. November 2, 2016 Vik
photos 20161027. A parkade perspective below a pair of pedestrian bridges tempts the would-be traveler at Terminal 1. October 28, 2016 Vik
photos 20161025. A TTC Flexity Outlook LRV (light rail vehicle / streetcar) heads underground on route to Union Station. October 26, 2016 Vik
photos 20161022. Sun and shadow contrast strongly on LCBO’s big box warehouse, site of a large future Menkes development. October 23, 2016 Vik I shall miss this handsome 1947 structure once demolished to make way for future development.