Windows and Wires

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged downtown, glass, graphic, London, modern, Ontario, pattern, photography, urban landscape, windows, wires • 2 Comments

An architectural view in downtown London.

Modern Influence

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged Art Deco, clouds, flag, photography, reflection, stone, wall, windows • Leave a comment

The historic Dominion Building on Richmond Street, takes on an unusual look as the building to its north, the Talbot Centre, reflects the mid day sun onto it. Built in 1936, the Dominion Building is an example of the Art Deco variant, Modern Classicism.

Anglican Church Arva

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged Arva, church, Ontario, photography, roof, windows, yellow brick • Leave a comment

A view of the roof line of St. John church, built in 1875, in the little village of Arva just north of London.

Late Modernist

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged clouds, London, One London Place, Ontario, photography, reflection, windows • 2 Comments

Close on the tallest building in London Ontario – One London Place on Queens Avenue. Built in 1992, 24 floors high, it was designed by architects Crang & Boake and is considered late-modernist in architectural style.

Three Church Windows

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged art, brick, church, Huntsville, Ontario, photography, red, stone, windows • 8 Comments

Interesting artwork fills the windows of Trinity United Church in Huntsville, opened in 1897 as a Methodist Church.

Watkins’ Reflection

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged Hamilton, heritage building, Ontario, photography, reflection, roof line, Thomas Watkins, windows • 14 Comments

A view in Hamilton on King Street East of The Right House, reflected in the HSBC building windows. Built in 1893 in the Victorian style by Hamilton merchant Thomas C. Watkins, this historic building was a grandeois department store and is the only one of its kind remaining in the city.

Clinton Shop Windows

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged architectural details, Clinton, Made in Huron Crafts & More, Ontario, painted, photography, windows • 9 Comments

Staying with the window theme... here is the shop Made in Huron Crafts & More in the small town of Clinton, Ontario with very fanciful windows. The paintings are signed 'Irene'.

Harbour Mill

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged dust, grey, industrial, Midland, mill, Ontario, photography, wheat mill, windows • 16 Comments

Wheat dust gives a soft look to the sky at the ADM Milling Company in the Midland Harbour area. This rather out of place building has a strange industrial look.

Three Windows

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged 19th Century, brick, brickwork, commercial building, late 1800s, Ontario, photography, storefront, Stratford, victorian, windows • 28 Comments

I love the ornate brickwork of Victorian-style commercial architecture in the downtown heritage district of Stratford, Ontario. This view shows second floor windows of Blowes Cards & Gifts on Wellington Street.