Posted on 02/12/06
A modernist's legacy
It took a while, but by the late 1960s, the entire city was on the same page. Controversy erupted after Finnish architect Viljo Revell unveiled his outlandish plans for a new City Hall: twin curving towers and a spaceship-shaped council chamber. But by the time it opened in 1965, and Mies van der Rohe's majestic and solemn TD Centre followed two years later, no one blinked an eye -- that's what a modern city like Toronto was supposed to look like.
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