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20200709. RBC chose a minimalist design when renovating their 20 King St W banking hall after smoke damage from a hydro vault explosion in 2017. Minimal Aesthetic 149.
20200708. Looking up at the unusual angles of the Burano Condos. ArchitectsAlliance, 2012.
20200707. Bell buildings are usually very handsome like this one at Bloor and Islington.
20200706. 90 Cordova looks just like it would have the day tenants first moved in to their apartments in 1965.
20200705. Sometimes the demolition of one building reveals an impressive view of another. Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson University, WZMH Architects, 1971.
20200704. Bell Brutalism.
20200703. A beautiful breeze block wall surrounds the parking lot behind this modern mid-rise in Kingsview Village (41 Blackfriar Ave).
20200702. The Albert Campbell District Library is undergoing a renovation, ensuring that it will never look the same again.
20200630. Under Highway 401 at Leslie Street.
20200629. The abandoned driving test centre in Downsview just south of Sheppard West station.
20200628. The walkway between the TTC and the YRT at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station is a colourful experience.
20200627. This old school pedestrian crossing at Oriole GO station will be removed for the realignment of the Highway 401 off-ramp to Leslie Street.
20200626. University of Toronto’s Stewart Building and Health Sciences building seem to go together nicely.
20200625. This CN Railway box girder bridge was featured in The Toronto Star’s The Fixer column nine years ago for looking so ugly. I like it.
20200624. The Salvation Army East Toronto Citadel with its unusual addition.
20200623. Parkade on Harbour Street.
20200622. High-rise Brutalism at the Chelmsford Apartments in Agincourt.
20200621. Brutalism at the Toronto Star Building (1971) includes coarse aggregate concrete.
20200620. Sun and shadow play on the Gardiner Expressway.
20200619. Removing a section of the Jarvis Street on-ramp.
20200617. A piece of old on-ramp sits above Jarvis Street waiting to be removed.
20200616. A tribe of telescopic boom lifts at Sunbelt Rentals.
20200615. The Corporate Plaza the colour of sky.
20200614. Re-skinning an apartment tower.
