The Borden Buildings on Toronto’s Spadina Crescent went from churning out butter, milk, and ice cream to churning out…sociologists, anthropologists, and foresters?

Bank failure, consolidation, closure, and...Scott Pilgrim.

Comically clumsy, sure, but the Channel Club Condos and the College Street United Church are more interesting as an (un)holy mashup than it would’ve been as either a standard Gothic church or a teardown condo redevelopment

Wonkaesque, a child’s idea of how a chocolate factory would expand over a century.

Toronto as a boomtown, Toronto as a late bloomer, and Toronto as transition—and an especially grandiose liquor store.