[PHOTO] Ryerson University in the evening
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rfmcdonaldToronto's Ryerson University is the third university of Toronto, postdating the University of Toronto and York University both and only upgrading from a technical college to a fully-fledged university over the 1990s. Perhaps because of this late start, the Ryerson University campus has been rapidly expanding from its core northeast of Yonge and Dundas. The campus supports some interesting pieces of design.
Gould Street bisects the Ryerson University campus.
The startling shape of the Ryerson Image Centre dominates the background, with Heaslip House to the right. Framed by the boulders in front of the two buildings is Devonshire Square, an area that is often flooded during summer and winter and apparently goes by the name "Lake Devo". In winter the pool is often used as as a skating rink.
Lake Devo, formally known as Devonshire Square, was built as part of the university's mid-1970s community landscape project. Muskoka granite boulders are arranged in clusters throughout and around the pond.
The plaza is flooded for much of the summer, but during dry spells it's not uncommon for Lake Devo to become an impromptu skateboard park.
The pond falls on Ryerson's campus, but the rink is maintained and operated by the City of Toronto, which donated about $278,000 to the project. A Zamboni makes regular trips to Lake Devo to clean the ice surface.
Heaslip House, on the edge of Devonshire Square, houses Ryerson University's G. Gordon Chang School for Continuing Education.
The Victoria Building, on Victoria Street between Gould and Dundas, houses many of Ryerson's administrative functions, among other things.
Gould Street bisects the Ryerson University campus.
The startling shape of the Ryerson Image Centre dominates the background, with Heaslip House to the right. Framed by the boulders in front of the two buildings is Devonshire Square, an area that is often flooded during summer and winter and apparently goes by the name "Lake Devo". In winter the pool is often used as as a skating rink.
Lake Devo, formally known as Devonshire Square, was built as part of the university's mid-1970s community landscape project. Muskoka granite boulders are arranged in clusters throughout and around the pond.
The plaza is flooded for much of the summer, but during dry spells it's not uncommon for Lake Devo to become an impromptu skateboard park.
The pond falls on Ryerson's campus, but the rink is maintained and operated by the City of Toronto, which donated about $278,000 to the project. A Zamboni makes regular trips to Lake Devo to clean the ice surface.
Heaslip House, on the edge of Devonshire Square, houses Ryerson University's G. Gordon Chang School for Continuing Education.
The Victoria Building, on Victoria Street between Gould and Dundas, houses many of Ryerson's administrative functions, among other things.
