20230815. The new Bayview Pumping Station has a very postmodern look to it.
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20230814. The Nordstrom department store at the Eaton Centre was looking quite different on July 30th. The retailer lasted less than a decade in Canada. This does not surprise me as the store had limited selection and terrible prices. What was your impression of Nordstrom?
20230813. These transmission towers have lost their wires yet they remain as heritage infrastructure.
20230812. Suburban townhouses as far as the eye can see.
20230811. Alcohol in Parks 5. Dovercourt Park (Aug 5) – another favourite. The park is dissected by a sidewalk connecting Salem Ave north and south. On the east is the closed off playground and to the west is a baseball field. So imbibers left and children right.
20230810. A block of shops.
20230809. In with the new and out with the old at Bloor Collegiate Institute. Image 1: the facade of what remains of Kent Senior Public School and soon to be condo front. Image 2: Construction of the new Bloor CI.
20230808. Pink salmon and brown. Notice how each window is framed by a layer of brick.
20230807. Postmodern Parkade.
20230806. Lane South Wallace West Dufferin is one of the narrowest laneways I have seen in Toronto. The location is all in the name.
20230805. Alcohol in Parks 4. Campbell Park. You might know its location by the water tower in the distance. It is also beside the yet to be opened GO Transit Davenport Diamond Greenway. The trains are fairly quiet along this square park – a favourite so far.
20230801. Hollowed not Hallowed II.
20230731. Sometimes mid-century modern towers are shaped like giant equilateral triangular prisms.
20230730. Vaughan Postmodern Industrial Park Architecture.
20230729. Modernist industrial park architecture. Does anyone recognize the logo on the building? Note the fire hydrant with the funky attachments.
20230728. Feeding frenzy at Pigeon Lane.
20230727. ROM squared.
20230726. Weston 4. Weston is on the Humber River. Might as well share that fact on a condemned building.
20230725. Weston 3: The low-rise with the large prominent stairwell. The brickwork to the right of the front door may suggest that this stairwell enclosure was added on. Could there be an elevator lift in there too?
20230723. Weston 2: A modernist midrise with a lovely patterned facade and an unusual entrance orientation.
20230723. Weston 1: The weird and wonderful Westlaw in Weston (1966),
20230721. Parking garage and swimming pool cross section.
20230720. Clever. And right beside the Herb House.
20230719. Bell Brutalism.
20230718. Lansdowne.
