20211016. The blank paneled podium at 4950 Yonge Street (Page + Steele, 1986).
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20211015. The paneled brutalism of the Toronto District School Board Head Office (Mathers & Haldenby, 1970).
20211014. The new Davisville Junior Public School is a far cry from the original. Frankly speaking, the only positive thing I can say about this new school is that it is new.
20211013. Uno Prii’s 666 Spadina looks new again.
20211012. The Symes Incinerator Sure Has Changed Over The Last seven Years (Image seT 2 of 2) (2021 Vs 2014).
20211011. The new Waterfront Innovation Centre is now complete and open.
20211010. Robarts Common, a much needed expansion to Robarts Library, flanks its west side. What do you think of this addition?
20211009. There’s something very appealing about this view of a quadrilateral tower rising above simple but stylish townhouses.
20211008. An airport antenna array at Toronto Pearson.
20211007. Just like that, the Gardiner Expressway east end ramps are gone!
20211006. 720 Spadina Ave (Eugene Janiss, 1973) is a Brutalist mixed-use tower with an commercial base oriented perpendicularly to a residential tower which presents an almost blank face to the street.
20211005. Demolitions can be beautiful II. Two modern mid-rises are coming down in Greenwood-Coxwell as Toronto Community Housing rebuilds the Don Summerville Apartments.
20211004. Demolitions can be beautiful. Two modern mid-rises are coming down in Greenwood-Coxwell as Toronto Community Housing rebuilds the Don Summerville Apartments.
20211003. Minimal Aesthetic 158. Windows reflected in windows.
20211002. Why not use a cold milling machine to tear up that concrete? Queen Street gets some much needed track replacement near City Hall.
20211001. Minimal Aesthetic 157. A Ryerson Student Learning Centre abstraction.
20210930. With the graffiti-friendly King-Liberty pedestrian bridge now open, the trip over the railway tracks from King West to Liberty Village is faster.
20210929. The Valhalla Executive Centre at 300 The East Mall seems aptly named as it is demolished.
20210928. The Wiltshire Transformer Station (Edwardian Classical) is looking great after $22 Million in upgrades.
20210927. The new Kipling Bus Terminal is a transit hub serviced by GO Transit and MiWay.
20210926. Mount Dennis, the western terminal station of the The Crosstown LRT, includes a new station on both the Union Pearson Express and GO Transit Kitchener line and a Toronto Transit Commission bus terminal.
20210925. What will become of Samuel G. Curry’s 1902 Edwardian Classical Postal Station C in West Queen West, recently vacated by Canada Post? #heritagelisted #torontoarchitecture #cityoftoronto
20210924. The new SmartCentres Complex at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre includes this parking garage and a York Region Transit (YRT) bus terminal .
20210923. After a 20 year run, the Toronto Weston Flea Market closed its doors two years ago.
20210922. Will Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East High-Rise Complex be the first white brutalist buildings in Toronto?
