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Torontonensis Graduates, 1966
Excerpt from Torontonensis Graduates, 1966: University of Toronto During the last year I have had occa sion to read a good deal of Canadian political, social, and literary comment. One of the distinguishing characteris tics of all of this material is the violent reversals in attitude that occur from time to time with respect to national confidence At certain periods you will have outbursts of Optimism of the most euphoric variety; at other times all writers will indulge in gloomy self lacerating criticism. For a period, Canada is the country that is about to emerge as the great hope of the world, as a rallying centre for man kind, as a model of economic prosper ity. At other times, Canada is...
Civic Symbol
When Toronto’s New City Hall opened in 1965, it was an iconic modernist symbol for what was still a sedate and conservative city. Its futuristic design by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, composed of two curved towers flanking a clam-shaped council chamber, remains as strange and distinctive today as it did fifty years ago. In Civic Symbol, Christopher Armstrong chronicles the complex and controversial development of this urban landmark from the initial international competition to the many debates that surrounded its construction and furnishing. Armstrong catalogs the many twists and turns along the path from idea to reality for the extraordinary building that Frank Lloyd Wright claimed future generations would say “marks the spot where Toronto fell.” Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, plans, and drawings, Civic Symbol is the essential history of this iconic Canadian building.
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