An article detailing thy Toronto always ends up with boxes with stuck on (historic) facades at the base
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...rticle2011027/
A guilty conscience stifles good urban design
JOHN BENTLEY MAYS | Columnist profile | E-mail
Toronto— From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, May. 05, 2011 10:46AM EDT
Last updated Thursday, May. 05, 2011 12:15PM EDT
The appearance of the average tall Toronto building these days is the result of several forces, the least powerful of which is architectural imagination.
Too often, an architect is called in by the developer merely to put some decorative touches on a structure whose shape and size have already been determined by the economic bottom line and civic bylaws, and sometimes by the demands of the heritage people at city hall. With the contemporary building art so frequently marginalized, it’s no wonder that boomtown Toronto has few new towers that are architecturally memorable. (I try to keep you posted in this column on the ones that are worth thinking about.)
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