
Toronto, No Mean City
Eric Arthur fell in love with Toronto the first time he saw it. The year was 1923; he was twenty-five years old, newly arrived to teach architecture at the University of Toronto. For the next sixty years he dedicated himself to saving the great buildings of Toronto''s past. Toronto, No Mean City sounded a clarion call in his crusade. First published in 1964, it sparked the preservation movement of...
Eric Arthur fell in love with Toronto the first time he saw it. The year was 1923; he was twenty-five years old, newly arrived to teach architecture at the University of Toronto. For the next sixty years he dedicated himself to saving the great buildings of Toronto''s past. Toronto, No Mean City sounded a clarion call in his crusade. First published in 1964, it sparked the preservation movement of...