Recent content by Architourist

Has anyone heard about if/when construction is going to begin on this? I ask because I will literally share a wall with this project once it's up...thanks all!

I'm sure it's too late for this, but I spoke with many original players for a few different G&M pieces (2003 - present) and then put this together with Heritage Toronto in 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8mx8RId0M Pretty much tells the whole story...

Great stuff! But may I humbly state that those salt-box homes are not representative of the progressive styles of Don Mills at all (and only appear on a few streets). Might I suggest you check out the very first street ever built upon in DM, called Jocelyn Cres., (behind the library) or...

Thanks everyone! If/when I mention these in an upcoming column, I'll thank Urbantoronto.ca for the help! Love that those illuminated ones are from the 60s.....and Centennial year to boot. Cheers, Dave LeBlanc

Hey UT forumers, Am I dreaming this? Did Toronto not have, up until recently, small sign boxes with backlit plastic at some intersections for street signs? They were a yellow field with black lettering...even had the little vents on the sides to allow air-cooling...I remember some at Yonge...

I am one of this building's biggest fans, and wrote about the conversion for the G&M in August 2010, but while I don't fully agree with Adma, I do agree that it is quite a stretch to call it "the most significant Internation Style skyscraper in Toronto." I'd put my money on Mies van der...

These are all great, thanks! Keep 'em coming if you can. Of course we just have to think, too, of the many ravines we have in the GTA to find a few more. I was driving on Rosedale Valley Rd. yesterday and went under the Glen Rd. bridge. I think there may be enough bridges that I don't have...

Hey everyone, Dave, the "Architourist" from the G&M here. My editor is hot on the idea of a piece about ways to get around neighbourhoods that don't involve walking the busy streets, what with all the auto-pedestrian accidents lately. I'm hoping to write a piece on neighbourhoods that...

Hey everyone, Globe & Mail's "Architourist" here. I'm trying to assemble a bunch of photographs of some really interesting fences for a column. Gotta be residential and the more innovative the better...can also be weird, too, i.e. using reclaimed materials. Can anyone direct me to some...

Okay, thanks adma, for clearing that up...unfortunately I don't have time to go snooping around there in the next few days so I'll have to leave that one out. Jayomatic: do I have permission to submit your illustration along with my photos to my editor? You can write here or email me...

These are all great, everyone. Thank you so much for participating...and keep 'em coming if you got 'em. And how about you forum regulars? Archivistower, surely you've got a few ideas. Ganjavih? Ed007? Urban Shocker? adma: Main and Danforth--do you mean the Hakim Optical building on...

Hey there, Well, you forumers have helped me before. If you remember, we all contributed to a column I wrote about a year (or more) ago called "Fantasy Conversions", which was about unrealistic buildings or structures that would make for cool fantasy living spaces (I think my editor is still...