20251113. The one of a kind Hillside Drive.
20250112. I hope The Crosstown opens this year!
20250111. Formerly the Estonian House, 958 Broadview Ave will be redeveloped into a condo tower. The good news is the original building will be rebuilt minus the 1960s and 1970s additions.
20250110. I’ve enjoyed taking photos from this parking garage at 200 Queens Quay West. Its time has now passed.
20250109. Smokestack by the Corner.
20250108. Bye bye bus terminal.
20250107. Hanging out at the Warden Station pedestrian entrance for the last time. Taken January 3rd.
20250106. Warden Station is about to be completely rebuilt. As of yesterday, buses stop either on the street or in a new temporary terminal. You will never set foot in this bus terminal again. Taken Jan 3.
20250105. Shoppers World Danforth (opened 1962) was a Ford assembly plant. Its anchor tenants were Eaton’s (opened 1962), Zellers (early 1990s), Target (2013-2015) and Lowe’s (2016-2023). What’s next?
20250104. 16 McGee Street was the site of a two-alarm fire on October 5, 2024. Shot January 2nd.
20250103. From nothing to completed bridge foundation formwork ready for a concrete pour on Logan Avenue in about a month (2 shots).
20250102. Escalator Squared. Come on Urbex Photo Walk 3 – The PATH: Sunday January 12th, 2PM, Inside King Station near main fare gates.
20250101. Old Regent Park vs. new Regent Park.
20241231. Stay tuned for another year of photos of Toronto architecture, infrastructure and cityscapes. 2025 will feature detailed coverage of Ontario Line construction and more Toronto modernism. Happy 2025!
20241230. Development signs change over time. They fade and some go from 40 to 105 storeys. The signs sit on the coloured large aggregate concrete of the doomed Toronto Star building.
20241229. Another concrete tower bites the dust. A demolition permit for the Toronto Star building was accepted by the city on Dec 4th.
20241228. A demolition permit for the Toronto Star building was accepted by the city on Dec 4th. Oh and they are hastily making a park on the former LCBO lands with the widest pathways around.
20241227. It’s unusual to see an empty plot of land this big downtown (just north of Queen and Spadina). Guess what will be built here?
20241226. The last of the miniature chateau-styled Joy Gas Stations in Sunnyside Park (1937).
20241225. The Whitfield at Front and Sherbourne. The red on the second floor is reminiscent of the gas station that was on that corner.
20241223. Dwarfed Santouka.
20241222. 38-40 Dundas Street East is gone. From the Powell Chemical Company to the Kahn Optical Company to Teela Publications to Hakim Optical to nothing but a memory.
20241221. What a pair destined for demolition at 25 Imperial.
20241220. Bridge at TorontoHenge.
20241219. The new building fits in nicely in St. James Town.
