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rfmcdonaldThe MaRS Centre at 101 College Street, opposite the Queen's Park subway station to the north across College Street and east across University from the gleaming Ontario Power Building visible in the background, houses the MaRS Discovery District, a public-private partnership that aims to commercialize Canadian medical research.
The core of the complex is the Heritage Building, once a wing of the Toronto General Hospital. Being built at the time the photo was taken, and still being built with a targeted completion date of Fall 2013, is a 20-story tower.
The contrast of the old brick building with the gleaming modernist towers is something that quite appeals to me; the delicious architectural tensions click for me.
The core of the complex is the Heritage Building, once a wing of the Toronto General Hospital. Being built at the time the photo was taken, and still being built with a targeted completion date of Fall 2013, is a 20-story tower.
The contrast of the old brick building with the gleaming modernist towers is something that quite appeals to me; the delicious architectural tensions click for me.
