Took more time than I thought to find a complete old timey pole. Should have gone east end right from the start. So many have been updated or chopped in half as the lines got buried but, the pole remains for street lighting and transit.
For some reason they have installed new wooden poles (without the birdcage) on some streets. Often times with the old pole right beside it still. I can only hope they are temporary...
For some reason they have installed new wooden poles (without the birdcage) on some streets. Often times with the old pole right beside it still. I can only hope they are temporary...
WHY. And right beside one of the better midrise infills too.
Yeah, they are still using wooden poles. Birdcages are not needed for a long time since plastic and we started binding multiple conductors in one wire. The wiring on those bird cage poles are prewar. Not sure how much is still in use.
King's mess of hydro lines is a perplexing one. It is so far behind other major streets on the east side of downtown. Neighbouring Queen and Front are pretty much buried too.
Then there's this lamentable effort. Looks as if a sliver of facade was pressed onto a block of modelling clay. Why bother saving it at all only to achieve this ridiculous result?
I find the added red alucobond cladding, the narrow strips of grey siding, and the glass balconies particularly offensive to the original Brutalist design.
Then there's this lamentable effort. Looks as if a sliver of facade was pressed onto a block of modelling clay. Why bother saving it at all only to achieve this ridiculous result?
It's bad but, I'm willing to give this one a pass. The is the earliest modern example of Facadism in Toronto that comes to mind. This century old Facadism (actually an incorporation that looks like a facadism) isn't much better.
It's bad but, I'm willing to give this one a pass. The is the earliest modern example of Facadism in Toronto that comes to mind. This century old Facadism (actually an incorporation that looks like a facadism) isn't much better.
Well, yeah, it's from the PoMo era afterall. I don't see anything likable about the St Lawrence Market incorporation of the first city hall building. It doesn't fit like the PoMo Facadism.
On the other side of Kung Fu Kondo, a worse crime was perpetrated. Some 60's idiot decided to erect an oversized blank brick wall at the end of a street full of 19th century greystones:
My favourite example of facadism from 1971: the Tin House Courtyard in the Byward Market in Ottawa. You'll all find it particularly egregious since the house wasn't even originally located there.
My favourite example of facadism from 1971: the Tin House Courtyard in the Byward Market in Ottawa. You'll all find it particularly egregious since the house wasn't even originally located there.
WTF? Dude walking by can't believe what he's seeing!
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