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The open gate: Toronto Union Station,

By:

Bébout, Richard, 1950-

Contributor(s):

Union Station

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto: P. Martin Associates, c1972.Description: xvi, 125 p.: illus., plans, ports.; 25 x 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0887780725:

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

725/.31/09713

LOC classification:

NA6315.C22 T62

Summary: Preservation or Progress? Toronto's Union Station is a triumph of Beaux-Arts magnificent, a gem of Canadian public architecture. The Great hall with its soaring eighty-eight foot ceiling has been called 'the finest room in Canada' and has been the Open Gate for thousands of immigrants and travelers to the city and beyond. But the station stands on Toronto's waterfront at the core of the proposed Metro Centre development, the railroad companies' dream of realizing enormous profits from the area. They want to tear it down. Union Station is threatened. it is worth preserving? Here, in photographs, narrative, and poetry, Richard Bebout and his collaborators portray its history, splendor and romance, showing how much will be lost to Canadians if it is razed in the name of progress. This book is their tribute to a treasure of our heritage.

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NA6315.C22 T62 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	16055001390

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