By the time that I had finally gotten down to the Saint Lawrence in the Vieux-Port, to the west of Pointe-à-Callière, it had stopped being twilight and started to become night. Some of the better photos that I took there look to me almost like Impressionist paintings. I could see Habitat 67 across the way, and was particularly taken by grain silo ( Read more... )

Wandering around Old Montreal in the late evening of a warm winter day is magical.


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blogTO reports on the remarkable retrofitting of 488 University Avenue, once an office tower, into a condo.

If there's a common criticism of Toronto condos, it's that they're accused of being bland glass boxes with little regard to the nuances of architecture and design ( Read more... )

Nelson's Column stands just to the west of Montréal's Second Empire Hôtel de Ville. The two constructions, one slim and tall and the other much the larger, made a eye-catching pair for me.


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The Globe and Mail's Matthew Hague describes the various installations planned for this year's iteration of Winter Stations, at the Beaches. I can't wait.

During the year’s grimmest month - February, when our shoes can handle the salt stains no more - Toronto’s annual Winter Stations event, now in its third and most creatively ambitious year, is a ( Read more... )

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In "School's Out", The Globe and Mail's Alex Bozikovic looks at how the mid-century Davisville Public School building is set to be demolished, largely because of the Toronto District School Board's disinterest in preserving its heritage properties.

A spaceship landed on Millwood Road. That’s how an imaginative child might see Davisville Public ( Read more... )

This weekend, Jamie Bradburn contributed a Torontoist Historicist feature looking at how the Eaton Centre, which opened on the 10th of February back in 1977, came to be.

9:10 a.m., February 10, 1977. Chaos reigned on the platforms of Dundas station, which was jammed beyond capacity with people eager to attend the opening of the Eaton Centre. “ ( Read more... )

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