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20200515. The uniquely clad postmodern St. Dunstan’s Roman Catholic Church (1981).
20200514. Today marks the ninth anniversary of this daily Toronto photography blog as we look up at a fancy ceiling inside some new condo. Thanks for looking!!
20200513. Ripley vs Delta.
20200512. The aluminum-paneled SQ2 in the new Alexandra Park features colours of the old Alexandra Park.
20200511. The 1965 St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral.
20200510. Another chunk of old Alexandra Park’s ‘brick brutalist’ townhouses are ready for demolition.
20200509. The next piece of the Gardiner Expressway to be transported into place waits overnight at the fabrication site in the West Don Lands.
20200508. The fairly remarkable 1974 Crossways apartment towers at Bloor and Dundas have a surprisingly narrow west profile.
20200507. Infrastructure framing infrastructure. Lake Shore Boulevard East by the Keating Channel.
20200506. Bloor Dundas Square seems to have three entirely different tower sections unappealingly stacked on top of each other – retail, office and residential.
20200506. Construction equipment terra-forming the Port Lands looks cute from a distance.
20200505. The 1930 East Toronto Masonic Temple clubhouse
20200504. With the East United Condos nearing completion, it isn’t to early to say that this development is discordant at best.
20200503. Toronto Hydro’s Windsor Station was built in 1950, uses equipment past its useful life but puts out a maxed out 300 MW of power for the area west of the downtown core.
20200502. Moving a prefabricated steel girder for the Gardiner’s rehabilitation involves 2 tractors, 2 motorized trailers and 90 wheels.
20200501. The patterned concrete of the enwave Walton Street Steam Plant north facade.
20200430. After suffering two fires within two days a month ago, the heritage properties 422-424 Wellington St W and its redevelopment Wellington House may be at risk.
20200429. The Royal Alexandra’s rear is rather symmetrical.
20200428. Looking up at the Grange Apartments on McCaul Street yields interesting concrete detailing on a stairwell enclosure.
20200427. Reflections of sunlight from a neighbouring mirrored tower give Toronto Police 52 Division a festive look.
20200425. The industrial streamline moderne City of Toronto South District Operations building at 786 Dundas St E.
20200424. The sun glints over the Sun Life Centre.
20200423. A homeless person sleeps in front of the Neo-Georgian National Club that offers its members a private downtown enclave. Curry Sproatt & Rolph, 1907.
20200422. A blank arrivals and departures board in the Great Hall shows just how quiet Union Station is these days.
