photos 20240506. After removing the paint at the old Palace Arms (second image), the masonry was found in very poor condition. So, instead of saving the facades, they will be replicated using salvaged materials where possible resulting in commemoration not conservation. Image May 7, 2024 Vik
photos 20240505. All that sky on the Danforth means a redevelopment is happening. Here comes Pape Station on the Ontario Line. Image May 6, 2024 Vik
photos 20240504. What were they thinking when they made this mixed-use monstrosity known as the Holly Square Apartments (1968) up at Yonge and Eglinton. Image May 4, 2024 Vik
photos 20240502. Public art at Yonge and St. Clair (Phlegm, 2016) on the Padulo building (Sigmund D. F. Reszetnik, 1968). We will lose the mural when this building is widened and 37 storeys are added on top. Image May 3, 2024 Vik
photos 20240430. The Dufferin Street Presbyterian Church (William R. Gregg, Neo Gothic, 1912) – from on fire in 2014 to completed condo conversion called the Hallam Towns in 2024. Image April 30, 2024 Vik
photos 20240428. The future location of King-Bathurst station on the @ontarioline is behind the south facade of the Canada Biscuit Company (A.R. Denison, 1900) I am hoping more of the west facade is retained than pictured here. Image April 29, 2024 Vik
photos 20240425. Somewhere slightly north of Danforth is this sodium vapour facade. Image April 26, 2024 Vik
photos 20240424. Three reflections on 45 St. Clair W – Clifford & Lawrie, 1968. Image April 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240423. The Duplate Canada Building (right, Allward & Gouinlock, 1957) and the Rolex building (left Allward & Gouinlock, 1951) have an interesting history and will be featured in my upcoming tour “Modern Scenes on St. Clair II” with Heritage Toronto. Image April 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240422. The Daily Food Mart at 8 Pailton is an interesting building with a front facade following the road and a built-in wall. It will be replaced by a parkette north of a new condo to be built at 214 Merton. Image April 24, 2024 Vik
photos 20240420. The modernist Moss Park Armoury (Page & Steele Architects, 1966), has lost some of its modernism. Take a look at the roofline in both images (taken 2024 and 2020). Image April 20, 2024 Vik
photos 20240419. Campbell Block at Dundas and Keele. James Augustus Ellis, 1888. Image April 20, 2024 Vik
photos 20240416. University of Toronto St. George Campus Exam Centre, formerly Toronto Board of Education Supply Building. CE Cyril Dyson, 1931. Image April 17, 2024 Vik
photos 20240415. Left – Langston House, 771-773 Yonge St, 1883. Right – Albert Britnell Book Shop, 765 Yonge St, RB McGiffen, 1928. Soon to be – Adagio. Do people actually reference the condo they live in? “Oh, I live at ‘Adagio'”. Image April 16, 2024 Vik