Tag Archives: waterfront
20161022. Sun and shadow contrast strongly on LCBO’s big box warehouse, site of a large future Menkes development.
20161015. The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is striking no matter what the angle.
20161011. Hanging out on the breakwater (constructed 1920-1925) at Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach.
20160910. Aqualina condo construction continues behind Sherbourne Common’s glowing zinc-clad pavilion.
20160827. The bridge to Atlantis – a pavilion at Ontario Place.
20160615. The narrowest building of Toronto’s Waterlink at Pier 27 condos and its industry-separating wall.
20160325. Symmetry in the shadow of a setting sun.
20160321. Shedding light on Spring at Harbourfront Centre’s Canada Square.
20160226. A reflection of two generations of power plants in Toronto’s Port Lands.
On the left is the Portland Energy Centr, a natural gas powered power plant that opened in 2008 and on the right is the Hearn Generating Station, a decommissioned coal-fired plant that opened in 1951 and closed in 1983.
20160205. Monochrome precast 6m hollow concrete sphere.
This decaying globe and sundail will remain once Toronto’s Harbour Square park is redesigned along with the ferry terminal.
20160105. Enjoying a lovely horizon while crossing the Gardiner.
20151031. Sometimes large scale industrial facilities remind me of a Borg Cube.
20151030. Sometimes it is better not to take the stairs.
20150928. Toronto’s skyline was enhanced by the overcast sky that eclipsed the rare full super lunar eclipse.
20150823. A bird’s eye view of Toronto’s Art Deco inspired West Harbour City towers. Quadrangle Architects, 2011.
20150414. Wouldn’t it be lovely to live in a Pier 27 Prism?
20150413. Trees, lamps and demolition. Only Guvernment remnants remain (former Toronto nightclub).
20150412. Under the Skybridge at the Pier 27 Condos on Toronto’s waterfront.
20150111. A thick fog lends an eerie perspective to Toronto’s waterfront.
20141220. Sun rays and shadows are almost physical when fog and sunshine combine on Toronto’s waterfront.
20141215. The Art Deco Queen’s Quay Terminal (Toronto, built 1927, modified 1983) is Canada’s first poured concrete building.
20141011. Although construction is not complete, streetcars return to Toronto’s Queens Quay tomorrow.
The TTC’s 511 Spadina streetcars (new and old) will now run from Spadina station to Union Station and the 509 Harbourfront streetcars are back in business.