Civic Symbol
Creating Toronto's New City Hall, 1952-1966
by Christopher Armstrong
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Pub Date Aug 25 2015 | Archive Date Sep 20 2015
Description
When Toronto’s New City Hall opened in 1965, it was a modernist showpiece 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 bold and distinctive today as it was 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. The story of Toronto’s New City Hall is one of a city in transition, torn between past and future, and Armstrong tracks the many twists and turns along the path that took this extraordinary building from concept to reality. Lavishly illustrated with original photographs, plans, and drawings, Civic Symbol is the essential history of this iconic Canadian building.
CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and the author or co-author of ten books.
Advance Praise
“It is rare that a government with the aspiration for a project that will be ‘a source of pride and pleasure to its citizens’ comes close to realizing such a noble goal. But Toronto’s New City Hall more than meets that promise.”
From the Foreword by John Sewell
“In Civic Symbol, the story of New City Hall's creation gets the book-length treatment it merits. Filled with fascinating stories and photographs, and based on exhaustive research, Civic Symbol is an important book about an important building.”
Mark Osbaldeston, author of Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been
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| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781442650275 |
| PRICE | CA$49.95 (CAD) |
