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Love the vintage Mac font on your old file.

I was wondering when someone was going to mention my old neighbourhood. Mt. Dennis actually has some decent spots - perhaps I'm being kind - but that stretch of Weston is truly dire, especially if, like me, you remember what it was once like.

I was able to get into the building this week to take some photos - you can see them here: http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/03/a_last_look_at_the_imperial_oil_building_pre-condos/ And yeah, the interior will be pretty much entirely gutted, as far as I can tell. I'm hoping the elevator foyer on...

172-4 Claremont - the basement reno/build-out that put a porch on both of these homes hasn't done them any favours, and the most visible result is that the lawn is completely ignored. Not that I'm a huge fan of lawns, but the general effect is that the neighbourhood is run-down - a corollary of...

I wrote a piece for the latest Spacing about red brick - if it was online I'd put up a link. It's the buildling material that typifies Toronto to me - so much so that, in an age where brick construction is unnecessary, and most "brick" building are just a skin over a frame, builders have a hard...

Scholes Hotel became the Colonial? I did not know that. By the way, can I get a consensus that the empty space between the two bank buildings where Scholes/The Colonial once stood, never mind the two empty bank buildings themselves, is a living rebuke to any idea that this city is being...

I'm new to this, and the photos I linked to don't seem to have shown up, but here's a link to my flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59062351@N07/sets/72157625961840510/

I'm working on a potential piece about the fountains that builders once considered a sign of real elegance and style, back in the heyday of post-war apartment construction in Toronto. I know there are relics of this era all over the city, but as a non-driver I have a hard time finding them. Here...