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20140420. Entering the quad of the symmetrical Park Terrace Apartments (c.1955, Yonge and Lawrence in Toronto).
20140417. The stunning One M&T Plaza building in Buffalo (Architect Minoru Yamasaki, c.1966).
20140416. Gaining perspective under a covered walkway (along Buffalo’s Main St. LRT).
20140415. Toronto’s Don Jail entrance before and during demolition.
20140414. The brutalist Erie Basin Marina Observation Tower in Buffalo.
20140413. Six different windows on a square building. Minimal aesthetic #31.
20140412. The long neglected Railway Express Building platforms at Buffalo Central Terminal.
20140411. A remarkably rusty shed. 500 Smith St, Buffalo. Minimal aesthetic #30.
20140410. The fantastic, abandoned Art Deco Buffalo Central Terminal railroad station (c.1929).
20140408. Sodium vapour lamps on blue sky. Minimal Aesthetic #29.
20140402. 33 Yonge St (Toronto) is a handsome building from above.
20140401. A aerial view of Union Station and its glass atrium under construction. Architect Tariq El-Khatib, Zeidler Partnership Architects.
20140331. GO Transit, when did you change the font on your bus roofs?
20140330. Two more bookstores in Toronto closed their doors permanently today: World’s Biggest Bookstore and Book City (Annex).
20140329. The fake Gold Star Car Service Centre at Eastern Ave and Pape Ave in Toronto.
20140328A. Firefighters fought a six-alarm fire at a foam mattress factory near Dufferin and Eglinton in Toronto on March 27, 2014.
20140327. A close-up look at the impressive Absolute World condominium towers in central Mississauga.
20140325. Brutalism in the Toronto District School Board – Central Technical School Arts Centre (c.1964, Architect Macy DuBois).
20140324. Working on the Weston Tunnel between Lawrence and Weston in Toronto for GO’s Georgetown South project.
This project removes many of the at-grade street crossings with below grade rail corridors. Here the corridor is being lowered to pass under three roads.
20140323. From 200 feet up, the verticality of Toronto’s growing South Core district is apparent.
20140321. Mainland access shaft to excavated tunnel leading to Toronto’s island airport and future tunnel schematic.
According to the Toronto Port Authority website, this is “set to become the world’s first underwater pedestrian tunnel connecting an airport to mainland.”
20140320. Great architecture outside Dupont subway station at night (Toronto).
20140319. Uranium pellets for nuclear fuel bundles are made here. 1025 Lansdowne Ave (north of Dupont St., Toronto).
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada, Inc. has two buildings on this site. I am unsure in which building the pellets are made.
20140317. Suncor’s Mississauga Lubricants Centre is visible from the Bathurst St. Slip (across from the island airport) in Toronto.
Suncor, who owns Petro-Canada Lubricants, makes over 350 lubricants, specialty fluids and greases.
