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Photo of the Day: Toronto in 1930

Aerial view of downtown Toronto, circa 1930
August 13, 2012 1:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Carrying the patina of a city dense with industry, Toronto was still heavy with the weight of Victorian architecture. A succession of projects, however, would eventually clear entire blocks to ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Serenity at Dawn

Toronto skyline at dawn
August 10, 2012 9:09 am | by Albert Chen | Comments
Dawn, the moment of twilight before sunrise, is one of the most beautiful but least captured moments for photographers. After a night of rest, it represents the beginning of a new day. The morning ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Southcore Financial Centre

Southcore Financial Centre & Delta Toronto Hotel. Designed by KPMB & Page
August 9, 2012 1:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
The financial district has begun to expand, replicating itself south of Front Street and beyond its traditional boundaries. The largest byproduct of this expansion is the Southcore Financial ... read more
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Photo of the Day: MaRS Centre Phase 2

MaRS Centre Phase 2, Toronto. Developed by Alexandria, designed by B+H
August 7, 2012 1:41 pm | by Evan Manning | Comments
Its progress halted by the remarkable evaporation of capital at the outset of the recession, the project has since been resurrected. Developed by Alexandria and with financial assistance from the ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Great Gulf Homes' Charlie Condos

Charlie Condos, Toronto. Developed by Great Gulf Homes.
August 7, 2012 1:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Not every building is a monument, nor should it be. In the expectation of architecture, the culture from which it springs is sometimes forgotten in the evaluation of the design. The byproduct of a ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Downtown Toronto and Humber Bay Shores

Downtown Toronto and Humber Bay Shores in Toronto
August 3, 2012 12:01 am | by Anonymous | Comments
We'll end this week and head into the long weekend with this impressive image taken by forum member jasonzed. This eastward view of the downtown core from central Mississauga encompasses a vast ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Skyline from Kensington Market

Toronto skyline as seen from a rooftop in Kensington Market
August 2, 2012 12:01 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
The collision of different scales, materials and uses is what makes a city interesting. Cluttered and layered, this view shows a transition from the organic and relaxed nature of Kensington Market ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences

Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, Toronto. Designed by aA and Page + Steele
August 1, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
A chameleon, the value of a building's glass envelope is tested by its ability to becomes whatever the light requires of it. Using this as a metric for quality, the new Four Seasons Hotel & ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Storm Lights Up The City

Storm over downtown Toronto as seen from the Distillery District
July 31, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
A climate of extremes, we are subject to incredible variations of weather. Lacking natural barriers like the mountain chains of the west coast, there is nothing to block the influx of tropical ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Underpass Park

Underpass Park, Toronto. Built by Waterfront Toronto
July 30, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Monolithic and unrelenting, the Gardiner Expressway is our city's most maligned piece of infrastructure. Erupting from Lakeshore, the roadway courses its way through downtown Toronto severing and ... read more
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Photo of the Day: The Cinesphere at Ontario Place

Cinesphere at Ontario Place, Toronto. Designed by Eberhard Zeidler
July 27, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
A dying gasp of an architectural movement that was battered and in retreat, Ederhard Zieldler's Ontario Place is a monument to optimism expressed in glass and white steel. Opened in 1971, it ... read more
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Photo of the Day: A Neon Yonge

Archival image of Yonge Street looking south from Dundas in Toronto.
July 26, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Awash with neon signs, Yonge Street was electric. Looking south from the intersection of Yonge & Dundas, the frenetic pulse of the street fills the image even in the absence of colour. ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Allen Lambert Galleria

Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place, Toronto
July 25, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
A cathedral to commerce, the Allen Lambert Galleria is among the most impressive contributions to the public realm to come from a private development. A central component of the two-tower ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Monarch's Couture Condo

Couture the Condominium, Toronto. Developed by The Monarch Group
July 24, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
This is a building without equivocation. The muscular cladding, dark tones and dominant form together act as counterpoints to the lightness and ethereal nature of high-rise residential design in ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Midtown's Skyline

Looking southeast towards midtown Toronto
July 23, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
When viewed alone, the cluster of towers around the intersection of Yonge & Bloor would be a respectable skyline for any mid-size city. As a product of planning policy that sought ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Toronto Dominion Banking Pavilion

Banking Pavilion at the Toronto Dominion Centre
July 20, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
A monument to perfection and a rebuttal of the notion that modernism and warmth are mutually exclusive, the banking pavilion of the Toronto Dominion Centre is the finest component of the Miesian ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Evening View Up Yonge Street

Looking up Yonge Street, Toronto
July 19, 2012 12:00 am | by Albert Chen | Comments
Considered to be the "main street" of Toronto, Yonge Street is the symbolic and often enigmatic heart of the city. Stretching from the shores of Lake Ontario to Steeles Avenue and way beyond, ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Gooderham Flatiron Building

Gooderham Building, Toronto
July 18, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Older than New York's flatiron but a fraction of its size, the Gooderham Building is one of the most photographed structures in the city. Originally built as the offices of the Gooderham & ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Lush Urban Oasis

401 Richmond Street West inner courtyard
July 17, 2012 12:00 am | by Albert Chen | Comments
Located within the Fashion District, there lies a refreshing escape from the dense and complex urban fabric of the downtown core. Taken by Forum member, monkeyronin, today's Photo of the Day ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Exhilarating View from SickKids Research Tower

SickKids Research Tower designed by Diamond Schmitt
July 16, 2012 12:00 am | by Albert Chen | Comments
Today's Photo of the Day comes courtesy of UrbanToronto Forum member lucci who shared with us this breathtaking view from inside the SickKids Research and Learning Tower. Towering over ... read more

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