Toronto 1Thousand Bay | 104.85m | 32s | Cresford | a—A

[urbandreamer]

It's strange but just in the past year I've become a fan of all those red/brown brick late '70s/early '80s Toronto condominiums, including the one seen in your photo.

Thankfully HPA is onto this trend and moving away from the 100% glass look...whew.

 

[Edward Skira]

've become a fan of all those red/brown brick late '70s/early '80s Toronto condominiums

Those are some wonderful buildings. And the units themselves and way larger than anything you can find today.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Paul Northgrave was particularly good at them. Bay Charles towers comes immediately to mind as my favourite.

 

[Miscreant]

Those are some wonderful buildings. And the units themselves and way larger than anything you can find today.

Yep, there are. I'll be keeping my eye out for them when I'm in the market over the next few years. They can be great finds.

I've always liked the modest one wrapping around the n/w corner of Church and Wellington, in particular. Plain but warm.

 

[modernizt]

I quite like the "stacked and shifted" effect of the balconies here, and the corner columns angled 45 degrees in plan are a nice variation on the aA aesthetic.

 

[steveve]

A messy pano from yesterday that should have turned out better:

 

[G.L.17]

Taken today:

 

[Edward Skira]

Thanks for the updates G.L. 17! Cladding is turning out pretty good.

 

[someMidTowner]

 

[Marcanadian]

The One Eighty by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

 

[modernizt]

Update from this morning:

 

[interchange42]

Yesterday evening as seen from Bay and Bloor:

42

 

[Miscreant]

So I counted around 14 floors...if that's around right, we're not even halfway there.

 

[Marcanadian]

Saturday:

One Thousand Bay by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

 

[drum118]

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