Toronto City Hall No 3
by Brian Carson
Title
Toronto City Hall No 3
Artist
Brian Carson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
In 1957 an international competition was held for a design of a new city hall. A total of 520 designs were received from 42 different countries. The winner of the competition was Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In 1965 Toronto's fourth city hall opened and still serves as the home of the city's council. The 27 storey east tower and the 20 storey west tower surround the saucer shaped council chamber. The saddest part of the history of our current city hall is that Revell died of a heart attack at 54 years old just 10 months prior to the opening ceremonies and never got to see his vision completed.
"When finished, the building generated controversy among many people who felt that it was "too futuristic" for the city." (Thank you to a Wikipedia contributor for that piece of information) :)
Original photography from 2014 (pre "Toronto Sign") using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM lens. Reprocessed in 2016.
Brian Carson
The Learning Curve Photography @
https://linktr.ee/thelearningcurvephotography
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July 26th, 2016
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