Toronto Architecture From The 1960's and 70's

[r937]

50 Beth Nealson Drive, East York.

whoa, i go by there on the 88 Leaside bus all the time, never noticed all that detail (who really looks at plants and factories, eh?)

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

At the least, their roof shouldn't leak!

Regards,
J T

 

[LowPolygon]

A house somewhere around Islington and Finch

 

[someMidTowner]

One of my favourites, at St. Clair and Spadina:

 

[thecharioteer]

That's Tower Hill West, designed by WZMH. Note the black glass balcony guards, which replaced the original white painted metal picket rails, which one can still see on the companion building Tower Hill East. Not a wise design decision, and one that illustrates the carelessness with which the buildings from this era are often treated.

 

[LowPolygon]

Ryerson University, Webb Zerafa Menkes, 1971-74

 

[LowPolygon]

Bloor Collegiate Institute addition, 1964. Architect unknown.

Adjacent to this little wing, on the east side of the building, is a parking lot. At the back of the parking lot is the largest maple tree I’ve ever seen in an urban setting. It’s at least 100 years old, and is growing right out of the asphalt. If you are ever in the Bloor Dufferin area, you should go visit it. Before it gets ripped out for a condo.

i was by there this week. The tree has been cut down.

 

[jaborandi]

That is unfortunate. There is an equally massive maple in Leslieville tucked away at 19 Audley Avenue opposite Hideaway Park.

 

[thecharioteer]

Perhaps a victim of the ice storm?

 

[LowPolygon]

Perhaps a victim of the ice storm?

that's what i was wondering too...

 

[adma]

Not necessarily just the ice storm--remember that a couple of autumns ago, there was a huge windstorm that shredded a lot of trees; plus the one that downed the Maple Leaf Forever tree last year...

 

[LowPolygon]

St Clair Ave East, near Welland Ave

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[junctionist]

That house is great. The clinker brick is an unexpected detail. It would be a great addition to the Unique Houses in Toronto thread.

 

[thecharioteer]

One of the most interesting and prescient buildings in 1960's Toronto was the Lothian Mews at 92 Bloor Street West. Designed by WZMH in 1963/64, (winner of the Massey Silver Medal) it enveloped a Victorian house later known as the Pearcy House and became one of the most fashionable and enjoyable places in Yorkville, housing the original Coffee Mill. Demolished in 1984.

The original Pearcy House at 92 Bloor:

Bloor Street façade in the 1980's:

North façade (Critchley Lane) during construction of the Bloor subway:



North façade 1980's:



The jewel of the development: the courtyard:

1971:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcwidi_2/10987333834/in/set-72157607433057395

 

[Blovertis]

Thanks for that. There aren't that many good pictures of Bloor-Yorkville from the Sixties and Seventies.