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from my perspective, the use of EIFS is reaching crisis proportions in the city. i think we are approaching critical mass, where this blight is starting to seriously impact the architectural integrity and heritage of the city. while it is depressing to see any building coated with this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/americas/casualties-of-torontos-urban-skies.html "There is no precise ranking of the world’s most deadly cities for migratory birds, but Toronto is considered a top contender for the title." "The group behind the bird patrol, the Fatal Light Awareness...

An occasional series of photographs of some of Toronto’s finest buildings, from the heyday of late modernism. University of Toronto Scarborough, 1964. Designed by John Andrews. http://iqbalaalam.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/john-andrews-brutalist-megastructure-in-toronto/...

there's no particular purpose to this thread. its just that i keep coming across images of Toronto that i find evocative, moving, or fascinating in some way i and wanted to compile them. some of them i find to be just highly interesting. there are many reasons why certain photographs provoke...

Phase one of the revitalization of Regent Park (the area bounded by Dundas, Parliament, Oak and Sackville) is well underway, and the contours of the new neighbourhood are starting to emerge: much more open and pedestrian-friendly, with well designed paths and park spaces, local services and...

Just seconds from Queen St W, Richmond St W is home to some of Toronto's smallest--and oddest--houses. It appears to have been quite a poor area in earlier times. Now of course it is a moment away from one of Toronto's hippest neighbourhoods. Even given that, it is still strange to see...

Yesterday was a beautiful day to take in Toronto's most gorgeous residential neighbourhood: South Rosedale. Its amazing to me that this lush and elegant little burg is a two minute drive from Yonge and Bloor. South Rosedale contains a staggering number of examples of beautifully maintained...

i have noticed this building many times and it has always bothered me. its "just another condo"--a total non-entity of a building, about 5 years old. when you get up close to it though you become aware of how unbelievably shoddy it is. its truly shocking to me how poorly finished it is...

does anyone have any idea where this was? i know Weston Road very well and for some reason i can't place where this bridge was. that building in the back with the two cupolas is a bit of a landmark. Thanks!

this seems like a good time to visit the olden days of garbage in our fair city. yes, there is a history here... the most immediate thing you notice is the sameness of it all; its an era before packaging, and definitely before plastic. these are all from around 1915. first use of...

http://www.100abandonedhouses.com/

Also happening that day: "On April 14th, 1966 the Beatles recorded their 12th U.S. chart topper, "Paperback Writer." The song, which was recorded during the group's Revolver sessions, was the first to prominently feature Paul McCartney's Rickenbacker bass guitar as a lead instrument." now back...

Some more colour images from same era: Torn down to make room for New City Hall and surrounding Toronto Dominion Bank. Southwest corner of King and Bay South side of King looking east towards Bay. Torn down for white marble monstrosity Queen looking west at Bay...

the aerial shot shows the insane level of destruction of the original early Victorian city. the O'Keefe site looking east is surrounded by acres and acres of (empty) parking lots.... not the site proper--but you get a sense of the wholesale decimation underway in that era

LOST TORONTO IN COLOUR--late 1940's-early 1970's Original Arcade building--what a loss late great Britnells Original Lichtman's magazine store. Adelaide St?? Building torn down last year to make way for Shangri-La Need i say more? another Queen West...

it always seemed to me that, following the opening of the Eglinton subway in 1954, the corner of Yonge and Eglinton was an important part of the transformation of Toronto into a modern(ist) city. this accelerated when the TTC sold the air rights above the subway, and the Canada Square...

Dundas and Bond St. Present day site of Yonge Dundas Square. Ugh. Victoria and Dundas Square, 1923 Imperial Public Library on Dundas used to be Imperial Hotel Lovely little building at Dundas and Bond. This is now defaced by Hakim Optical signage. Northwest corner of...