[PHOTO] Toronto Reference Library
Mar. 14th, 2010 01:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldThe Toronto Reference Library is one of my favourite places in Toronto. Located just north of Yonger and Bloor, the Reference Library is the biggest library I've seen and the nucleus of the extensive Toronto Public Library system, a large nondescript brick building with some skylights from the outside, but a vast space inside, five stories of books and shelves and public-access computers and archives, all wrapped in curves around a central space. One day, I decided to take some pictures.
From the floor, the elevator that rises five stories looks like a spine.
Looking across from the fifth floor the stories rise and the ivy--fake--drapes down most academically.
Looking down from the fifth floor, the stairs curve and the terraces fall neatly into place.
This is a shot looking down from the third floor, by the elevator.
This is a shot taken from midway up the elevator--call it two and a half stories up.
Am I wrong to find the curves of the stairs almost erotic?
From the floor, the elevator that rises five stories looks like a spine.
Looking across from the fifth floor the stories rise and the ivy--fake--drapes down most academically.
Looking down from the fifth floor, the stairs curve and the terraces fall neatly into place.
This is a shot looking down from the third floor, by the elevator.
This is a shot taken from midway up the elevator--call it two and a half stories up.
Am I wrong to find the curves of the stairs almost erotic?
