Posted on 24/06/06
New-look Gardiner a museum of our times
One of the many clarifying pleasures expressed by the newly opened Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is its lush belief in the time-worn refinements of the city. Not long ago, historic buildings were knocked to the ground as a matter of course, and people were urged to travel beneath the street by underground concourses. The deep satisfaction provided by the Gardiner comes in its framed views of its neighbouring buildings on the civic boulevard of Queen's Park. Standing on the third-floor terrace defined by wooden floors and a clear glass balustrade, Toronto has never looked more captivating, never imagined as something with its own ideal order.
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