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says in his Fall issue editorial that the opening of the Visitor Centre is one of two events that will contribute to the rebirth of Toronto after four years of mayoral chaos. Catherine Osborne in Azure Online, Sept.:
Richard Rooney, president, Burgundy Asset Management, after touring the building then being prepped for opening, Sept. 17:
“It’s a terrific building, but more it’s a display of smart civic planning, in which heritage and historical values are actually shown to work hand in hand with housing development, recreation, and even traffic needs. Go see.”
“The vision for Fort York is spectacular. … The concept artfully references Fort York’s historic context on the bluff of Lake Ontario in its inspired form and use of materials, while bringing the site into striking, contemporary focus.”
“Simultaneously bold and discreet, the building is distinctly Canadian in its forthrightness and simplicity.” Alex Bozikovic, architectural journalist, the Globe and Mail: “The Visitor Centre … is a sensitive and powerful work of architecture. It skilfully opens up the Fort site to the city, and also sheds light on its past – speaking to the layers of history embedded here from 1793 onward, and adding an artful new layer of 21st-century city-building.”
Janet Rosenburg, landscape architect, writing to John Patkau, Oct. 2:
Michael McClelland, a principal with ERA Architects:
Photos from left to right courtesy of Nathan Ng, Patkau Architects & Kearns Mancini Architects, Kathy Mills, Sid Calzavara, Charles Pachter and Stephanie E. Calvet. 2 The Fife and Drum
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