Images
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.
20191101. A disintegrated CN Tower reflection on a recladded Richmond-Adelaide Centre tower.
20191022. The centre X spans on the Queen Street Viaduct (reminiscent of yesterday’s federal election).
20190902. On September 1st, another suspicious fire hit this 1865 heritage house at 314 Jarvis St slated for redevelopment. This image shows the house after a fire in January 2016 after an OMB appeal was launched to counter a city ruling that the development was too tall.
20190819. Looking down 342 metres from the CN Tower.
20190818. An aerial view of Metropolitan Place at 1 University Avenue.
20190808. The east facade of Georgian 111 King St E after the wedding. Built in 1841, it survived the Great Fire of 1849.
20190803. Transformer-less Transformer Home 7 awaits demolition.
20190721. The LCBO has vacated its location at King and Spadina and left behind its disposable architecture to be demolished for more condos. Now you can get booze until 11pm Mon-Sat, 8pm Sun at Front and Spadina.
20190712. Even my non-descript street in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood is film-worthy for the Netflix series The Boys.
