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Liens d’intérêt – Vues anciennes de Québec
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Vues anciennes de Québec. Patrimoine et urbanisme au passé et au présent par Jérôme Ouellet. Aller au contenu principal. À propos du blogue. Archives de la Ville de Québec. Archives nationales d’outre-mer (Base d’images Ulysse, France). Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. Recherche de documents numérisés dans les fonds d’archives). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Recherche d’archives numérisées. On y trouve plusieurs photos numérisées). Répertoires et dictionnaires en ligne. Contient de nombr...
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The first Four Seasons | Toronto Modern
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Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada. Exhibition Place goes Modernist. The first Four Seasons. July 13, 2011. For more about the Four Seasons, the Inn on the Park and other Peter Dickinson buildings, see the recent monograph. Available through Dominion Modern. Responses to “The first Four Seasons”. Feed for this Entry. July 13, 2011 at 4:51 pm. Great post Robert. I’m thinking the curators for the VAG’s upcoming show, Grand Hotel, would be interested in this. July 14, 2011 at 12:21 pm.
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Toronto Modern | Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada | Page 2
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Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada. A medley of motor hotels. September 4, 2015. James A. Murray. In Toronto, the model was epitomized by the sleek and glamourous Four Seasons Motor Hotel. And the Inn on the Park, both designed by Peter Dickinson, and the Scandinavian-influenced Valhalla Inn. By George Robb. Joining the trend in the early 1960s were three other notable architect-designed motor hotels: the Constellation Hotel, the Ascot 27 Hotel and the Canadiana Motor Hotel. Overlookin...
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Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum | Toronto Modern
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Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada. Season’s Greetings from the first Four Seasons. Bregman Hamann: Spaces for People. Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum. January 31, 2012. John B. Parkin Associates. Responses to “Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum”. Feed for this Entry. December 31, 2012 at 12:54 am. Nice writeup. Thanks. 10 lost gems of Modern architecture in Toronto – nonpartisansblog. On August 11, 2016 at 2:53 am. 10 lost gems of Modern architecture in Toronto – Mika Mi.
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Bregman + Hamann: Spaces for People | Toronto Modern
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Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada. Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum. Marketing Mies at the TD Centre. Bregman Hamann: Spaces for People. May 18, 2012. Spaces for People,. Addresses this mercantile reality while acknowledging, as the title suggests, humanism, urbanism, community and public space values that by the late 1970s were embedded in the consciousness of a public increasingly sceptical toward large-scale development. Feed for this Entry. June 5, 2015 at 11:25 am. Thank you...
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James Murray’s model for modern living | Toronto Modern
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Documenting Modernist architecture in Toronto, Canada. Marketing Mies at the TD Centre. Conserving a Hideo Sasaki landscape. James Murray’s model for modern living. July 20, 2015. James A. Murray. Modernism had a very slow start in Toronto’s residential neighbourhoods. In contrast to the rapid acceptance of new design in many North American centres after World War II, by the early 1950s Toronto could claim only a handful of truly Modernist houses. Feed for this Entry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are ...
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Resources | Sunnyside Historical Society
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Serving Parkdale, Roncesvalles, Brockton and First Nations Villages. Historic Maps Before Parkdale. How to Find Any Building Fast on Goads Maps 1884 1923. Interactive Historic Maps of Parkdale. Look up any property as early as 1884! Aerial Photographs 1947 through 1983, good detail. Current Interactive Map of Toronto including Parkdale. Historical Maps of Toronto. Goad’s Atlas of the City of Toronto, Fire Insurance Maps from the Victorial Era. Fort York and Garrison Common Maps. The Parkdale Register 1881.
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Resources | Sunnyside Historical Society
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Serving Parkdale, Roncesvalles, Brockton and First Nations Villages. Historic Maps Before Parkdale. How to Find Any Building Fast on Goads Maps 1884 1923. Interactive Historic Maps of Parkdale. Look up any property as early as 1884! Aerial Photographs 1947 through 1983, good detail. Current Interactive Map of Toronto including Parkdale. Historical Maps of Toronto. Goad’s Atlas of the City of Toronto, Fire Insurance Maps from the Victorial Era. Fort York and Garrison Common Maps. The Parkdale Register 1881.
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What is a Building Permit? A civic-issued approval document, when a structure is to be built, repaired or moved, plans were submitted to City Hall, reviewed by the Building Inspector, then approved for the work being done. Vancouver's first Building Inspector was George McSpadden. What information does a Building Permit contain? What did this project transcribe? The building permits register ledgers for each pre-1929 municipality. How were the entries transcribed? For more details, see the About section.
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Art Deco Toronto: September 2011
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This blog celebrates Art Deco architecture and design in Toronto and elsewhere around the world, profiling Deco buildings, activities and preservation issues. Friday, September 16, 2011. Tragic loss of Moderne high school in British Columbia. The 1948 Streamlined Moderne style Southern Okanagan Secondary School, located in Oliver, B.C., was consumed by fire on Monday, Sept. 12. Thanks to Robert Hill, author of the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950. Or Google the school's name.