Dave LeBlanc

Globe & Mail's Architourist; Host of Where Cool Came From @whereCOOL; Bell Media radio producer; Googie-hunter; Urban explorer; Hat-wearer; amateur mixologist.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@WaterfrontTO @dylan_reid @cityoftoronto @_CreateTO I am one of those people who'd like to see the control tower saved and repurposed. It's a significant piece of industrial Modernism. Why not put some of those old fashioned coin-operated binoculars in there and allow people to go up and see the sights?

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@JohnLorinc It’s about a guy who did a map of every single one in Toronto… I still think we are trying to find Ground Zero, meaning the very first one ever, and it may very well have been in the late 1940s, but nobody can seem to figure out how to find it.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@JohnLorinc I have written many times on these, and yes, lol, I may have been the one to coin the term and I based it on the Vancouver Special which is an entirely different animal but similar in its numbers and affordability. John, let me forward you a piece I wrote.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@themelissablair Mario Carlucci at the CBC told me to reach out; I'm a Globe & Mail writer in need of some assistance that only an Anishinaabe can provide. Can you email me at [email protected] ?

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@TheDHTaylor I didn’t think you did receive it, usually there is a confirmation. Would you mind giving me your email address? Might make it easier… You can send it to [email protected].

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@Fairbnbcanada If you feel a clarification would help, it’s not up to me, but my editor: [email protected]

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@Fairbnbcanada I’ll take your word for it. It was a passing mention, not the focus of my column.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@GRIDSVancouver Wealthy people don’t live in the 1950s apartment buildings.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@GRIDSVancouver Not what I said… You are just looking for a fight and you won’t get one for me. Have a nice day.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

I will never tire of Fallingwater. And now they’re letting people take photographs on the main floor.

[Pamela Gough 🇨🇦 @pamelagough]

Good to see an article on South Humber Trail’s renewed gem of modernist design The Oculus in today’s ⁦@globeandmail⁩! Thx ⁦@GMArchitourist⁩ for write-up ⁦+ @arconserve⁩ & ⁦⁦@Park_People⁩ for restoration ⁦#HumberRiver #Oculus https://t.co/JnfHH1Cjxd

[Dubbeldam Architecture + Design @DubbeldamArch]

Thrilled that Binary Spectrum has been featured on the cover of the Real Estate section in today's @globeandmail! @GMArchitourist Dave LeBlanc, for his Architourist column, visited Kitchener with us for a tour of the installation.

[TORONTO LEGENDS podcast @TorontoLegends_]

G&M Architourist Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist talks to Andrew Applebaum about Chicago comparisons, the non-CNE joys of Exhibition Place, and why Toronto architecture needs a little more weird!
@ExPlaceTO @GeorgeStdiner @EthelStore @globeandmail @ToSoArch
https://t.co/3Cp8ZutUEs

[Canadian Architect @CdnArch]

Bill Curran reviews Globe and Mail architectural columnist Dave LeBlanc's novel, set amidst Toronto's modernist landmarks.
https://t.co/TBftlNUVqr

[WZMH @WZMHarchitects]

With the success of the ideas being developed within our office, we would like to formally launch our R&D lab with a new name! A judging panel of industry professionals from outside WZMH has reviewed a total of 120 submissions anonymously. The new name will be announced soon.

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@alexbozikovic @tdsb @ACO_Toronto Ugh. Why? There are people who specialize in the conservation of modernism…

[Dave LeBlanc @GMArchitourist]

@RegionWaterloo I just viewed the Forest Hill home of enchantment video and I am enchanted. Would you be able to put me in touch with the homeowners? [email protected]