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20200906. Downtown Rochester is a compelling confluence of varying architectural eras and styles.
20200905. Heading home over the Burlington (Bay James N. Allan) Skyway bridge.
20200904. The liminal minimalism of Industrial Hamilton. Minimal Aesthetic 151.
20200903. High-rise living in Weston along the GO Transit Kitchener Line and the Union Pearson Express.
20200828. Tree stumps sit in front of stripped facades in Alexandra Park as demolition for Phase 2A commences.
20200826. Bracing the facades of the heritage buildings along King St West (left – 511 King St W, GW Gouinlock, 1893, Richardsonian Romanesque) for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20200804. Taking a stroll past Scaffolding Tower, also known as Mowat Block, while the Ontario Government’s MacDonald Block Complex undergoes a complete reconstruction.
20200803. Mowat Block could be known as Scaffolding Tower while the Government of Ontario’s MacDonald Block Complex undergoes a complete reconstruction.
20200713. Although Bloordale United Church has lost its conical spire and original facade, it still retains some of its mid-century charm. If you want to learn more about modern Toronto buildings, check out this just released book: https://bit.ly/3iTZf9k
20200603. The 20 modern curves of Kipling Station, quite mid-century expressionist for a subway station that opened in 1980.
20200430. After suffering two fires within two days a month ago, the heritage properties 422-424 Wellington St W and its redevelopment Wellington House may be at risk.
20200421. Several fire-damaged houses with fake mullioned board windows greet passersby on George St. as they wait to be included in the redevelopment of the next door Seaton House, one of the largest homeless shelters in Toronto.
20200401. Looking up at a cloud-obscured observation deck at the CN Tower.
20200323. An impressive array of scaffolding slowly takes over the facade of the Ontario Government’s Mowat Block as they prepare to move, assess and pallet all limestone pavers on the building as part of the Macdonald Block Resconstruction Project.
20200321. How to stand in lines for critical supplies at the LCBO – just think of all that disinfectant in bottles – while practicing social distancing.
20200308. Inside the facade of the future 2 Queen Street West.
20200307. A tower crane on a parkade to help build 2 Queen Street West.
20200213. T & T Supermarket’s time has terminated in the Port Lands. I’ll miss the dim sum and this funky streetlamp.
20200202. Toronto City Council has endorsed replacing the brutalist St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts with a new state-of-the-art cultural and civic hub.
20200127. An LCBO right out of what I presume is the 1970s. 1090 The Queensway.
20200109. Stripping away the brutalist elements at 1200 Eglinton Ave E (near Wynford Drive), a classic building by Raymond Moriyama.
20191220. The anatomy of a fire exit stairwell.
20191213. Wilmar Heights Baptist Church.
20191119. A amorphous and pixelated CN Tower reflection on the Delta Hotel at dusk.
