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Tag Archives: waterfront
20250212. Demolition of the 200 Queens Quay W parking garage continues with two more colour-coded stairwell shafts exposed. It was fun to wahch the green mini-loader on the 3rd floor move around.
20250110. I’ve enjoyed taking photos from this parking garage at 200 Queens Quay West. Its time has now passed.
20241230. Development signs change over time. They fade and some go from 40 to 105 storeys. The signs sit on the coloured large aggregate concrete of the doomed Toronto Star building.
20241229. Another concrete tower bites the dust. A demolition permit for the Toronto Star building was accepted by the city on Dec 4th.
20241228. A demolition permit for the Toronto Star building was accepted by the city on Dec 4th. Oh and they are hastily making a park on the former LCBO lands with the widest pathways around.
20240131. The Canada Malt Co. (wasn’t it Canada Malting Co.?) silos are looking pretty good these days (J.S. Metcalf, 1928).
20240130. A landmark for Promontory Park in the port lands.
20221214. Waterlink in the fog at Pier 27.
20221213. The Tower in the fog at Pier 27.
20220413. Ah the texture of exposed pebble concrete. Minimal Aesthetic #171.
20220121. The new Aquabella at Bayside features striping on the ground floor facade and balcony walls.
20211117. The Tower at Pier 27 with its balconies askew.
20210302. Traffic time lapse during a break in the rehabilitation of the Gardiner Expressway (Summer 2020).
20210222. The slender north facade of the Monde Condominiums on the East Bayfront. Moshe Safdie and Quadrangle Architects, 2016.
20210121. The Great Wall of Queens Quay provides a sound barrier between Redpath Sugar and the Pier 27 Condos.
20210117. Late afternoon beyond the Western Channel.
20210116. Silos South Side. Canada Malting Co., J.S. Metcalf, 1928.
220201211. Looking West from the Cherry Street Bridge at the mouth of the Ship Channel in the rapidly changing Port Lands.
20200915. The Yard at Daniels Waterfront is an east-west mid-block pedestrian connection from Jarvis St to Richardson St that will be lined with retail.
20200810. Appreciating the Toronto Star building before it is incorporated into the new mega-development at One Yonge by Pinnacle International and Hariri Pontarini Architects.
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.
