Look back at what never was
Unbuilt Toronto 2, More of the City That Might Have Been, by Mark Osbaldeston. Cover detail shows Darling and Pearson's unrealized plan for the Bloor Street side of the Royal Ontario Museum where Daniel Libeskind's Crystal addition now stands.University of Toronto Archives
John Howard's 1834 design for a guildhall on King Street. Cathedral Church of St. James is shown at right.Toronto Public Library
John Maryon's 1971 proposal for a 140-storey tower - which would have made it at the time the world's tallest. It would have stood on College Street between Yonge and Bay.Mathew Borret
Chicago architect Daniel Burnham's 1912 design for Eaton's flagship store at Yonge and Carlton. It was only partially built.Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
An interior detail of Burnham's 1912 design for the Eaton's department store.Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal