Week 21 / Toronto Architecture: New and Old Together

June 20 – 26, 2011

In the grand scheme of things Toronto is a relatively young city and our skyline and neighbourhoods are constantly changing.  One interesting aspect of Toronto’s architecture is the incorporation of the old with the new.  This week I snapped a few photos of buildings that encompass this relationship.

The corner of Yonge and Richmond.

The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto.

70 York Street was built in 1990 but it maintained the original facade from 1889.

MaRs headquarters at College and University.

Princess Margaret Hospital relocated to it’s current location in 1995 and built on top of of what was once the head office for Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

In 2008 the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) finished construction on the $276 million redevelopment by architect Frank Gehry.  The south side of the building sits on top of the 1st gallery that opened in 1918.

While this isn’t the most visually pleasing view of 1 King West, it does show how the building extends 51 stories above the original Dominion Bank Building, built in 1914.

A new condo building sits nuzzled up against an old Toronto Hydo-Electric station built in 1910.

Two very different buildings sit on the corner of Yonge and Adelaide.

One of the many cool things about photography is deciding what to put within the confines of the frame.  In this photo I was able to compile a variety of architectural styles/eras within one photo, which in way captures what Toronto architecture truly is.

The TSX on Bay Street.

The Royal Ontario Museum and it’s recently opened addition.  It’s known as the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal and it almost appears as a spaceship jetting out of the side of the original building, built in 1933.

A new condo at the corner of Bedford and Bloor kept a little bit of the original charm…I suppose it’s better than nothing!

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