These cast bronze figures, located in the driveway of the Park Hyatt Toronto hotel at 4 Avenue Road, are entitled Mixer. The work is created by sculptor An Te Liu, a Taiwanese-Canadian artist living and working in Toronto. Mixer envisions… Read More »“Mixer”
Stackt Market is a truly unique concept. Located at 28 Bathurst Street at Front Street West, Stackt Market has been awarded “Public Space of the Year” by Designlines Magazine, and is also the winner of “Retail Innovation for Fast Company’s… Read More »Stackt Market
Given that my last post was of the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, it seems only natural to segue into posting about its next door neighbour – the old Don Jail. When I first arrived in Toronto many moons ago I remember… Read More »The Old Don Jail
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) at 317 Dundas Street West is a near-limitless photography source of beautiful curves, gentle angles and spirals. The building complex takes up 45,000 square metres of physical space, making it one of the largest… Read More »Curves At The AGO
The Jarvis Street Baptist Church is located at 130 Jarvis Street, on the northeast corner of Jarvis Street and Gerrard Street East. The Church has its origins in a small group of people who first gathered in October of 1818,… Read More »Jarvis Street Baptist Church
Last year I published a post on the unique “Cube House” in downtown Toronto. A lot of readers expressed interest in that post, found here. The Cube House recently surfaced in the news, and I instantly thought of the post… Read More »The Future of Toronto’s “Cube House”
At 637 Lakeshore Blvd. West just west of Bathurst Street sits the Tip Top Lofts. Just behind it lies Lake Ontario. This building has a long and prominent history in Toronto. Formerly known as the Tip Top Tailors Building, it… Read More »The Tip Top Lofts
That’s right – I started this blog on July 31, 2022. Happy First Birthday! Thank you to all my loyal subscribers for sticking with me all this time. There’s still a lot more TOcityscapes to come! If you’d like to… Read More »TOcityscapes is One Year Old!
Is no historic building safe!? Passing these beautiful old brownstones on Maitland Street last week I noticed that a rezoning proposal has been submitted for 36 and 42 Maitland Street. These buildings are known as The Maitlands and managed by… Read More »Atrocity on Maitland Street!
This will bring back memories for a lot of people. These shots are from February 2017, so they’re too new to fall into my From the Vaults category, but too old to be considered new cityscapes (if that makes any… Read More »Honest Eds
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