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20210707. Bridges of July #7. Heading west, here is the Peace Bridge over Calgary’s Bow River, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the architect behind Sam Pollock Square in Toronto’s Brookfield Place.
20210706. Bridges of July #06. The Puente De Luz pedestrian bridge under construction in 2011. The ‘Bridge of Light’ takes people from Front Street to CityPlace.
20210705. Bridges (and underpasses and overpasses) of July 05. John B. Parkin’s 1966 modern enclosed open spandrel concrete arch bridge brings the subway over the Riverdale Ravine.
20210704. Bridges of July 04. The blur of people passing under the Rouge River Bridge – soon to be replaced by a bigger bridge that can accommodate additional tracks.
20210703. Bridges of July 03. Striking blue tiles line the sidewalks under Toronto’s 1960 Avenue Road CP Rail Bridge.
20210702. Bridges of July 02. Up on the Catwalk.
20210701. Infrastructure is sexy so here are the bridges of July! 01. A man puts a highway overpass into scale showing just how much space fast moving vehicles need.
20210630. Brutalist June ends with Brutalism #30 – Brutalist Gateway to the Underground circa 1974.
20210629. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #29. Brutalism in the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
20210628. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #28. Pillars support the Beverley Halls (former Polish Combatants’ Hall) above a parking garage. Wieslaw Wodkiewicz, 1973.
20210627.#Brutalist June continues with #Brutalism #27. The consonance of concrete and canopy at the Ontario Science Centre.
20210626. 5 days left in #Brutalist June! #Brutalism #26. Making a brutalist building brutal with a skirt of contemporary cladding.
20210625. Brutalist June is concrete! Brutalism (#25) with panels in the Toronto District School Board at its Education Centre.
20210624. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #24. Béton brut is the term used to describe concrete left unfinished after being cast like here at the Sheraton Centre Toronto.
20210623. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #23. Uno Prii’s Alan Brown building (1983) is one of a kind.
20210622. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #22. An impeccable brutalist office tower by Crang & Boake (1982).
20210621. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 21 – Brutalist Ventilation at the George Drew Complex.
20210620. It’s still Brutalist June! Brutalism 20 – Just lights and concrete in the oblong stairwell.
20210619. June Is Brutalism Month! Brutalist-19. The other side of Toronto’s Masters condominiums feature funky concrete stairwells.
20210618. Brutalist June Continues! Brutalism #18. Concrete Stairwell Enclosure. Veteren Residence, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto.
20210617. It’s Brutalist June! Brutalist 17 – The 1969 Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory at York University.
20210616. Brutalist June continues out of town with Brutalism 16. The Erie Basin Marina Observation Tower in Buffalo, N.Y.
20210615. Brutalist June 15. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.
20210614. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 14 – Concrete canyon on the Canada Life Campus.
