Reviews for Three-Dimensional Facies Architecture of Terrigenous Clastic Sediments and Its Implications ...

The average rating for Three-Dimensional Facies Architecture of Terrigenous Clastic Sediments and Its Implications ... based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-29 00:00:00 John Joseph Mcenery McHugh's book is a collection of walking tours in downtown Toronto highlighting architectural features and a brief history for various important buildings. When Tony and I traveled through Europe a couple of years ago I had packed a couple of city walking tours that I had intended to use, but my unfortunate bout with pneumonia meant that I was unable to use most of them (we did a couple of wonderful walking tours in Amsterdam at the end of our tour) and found the experience really pleasurable. On my first trips with Vern as a teenager, he always insisted on bringing along books highlighting walking tours which outlined both architectural and artistic histories as a way of educating my poor working-class palate. I have forever been grateful for these experiences, even though at the time sometimes I found them trying (I would much rather have been exploring raunchy sex clubs, but that was for evenings, the walks for the days) and have since tried to fill the days with walking tours that are just as interesting. McHugh's book, although dated due to being published in 1985 is an excellent starting point for learning about the architectural gems of Toronto. Indeed, Tony and I found ourselves looking up at buildings that we had previously walked past "seeing" details we had previously missed. Who knew that College Park at Yonge and College Street was intended only to be the base for a much larger and much more exciting skyscraper that was stalled due to the Depression (McHugh discusses it with a wonderful illustration on p.72)? It would be wonderful to see McHugh or someone else update her book. It is such a lovely idea and calls out for a more updated version. There has been so much added in the period since its publication architectural walking tours are such a lovely way to experience the city. Reread the new edition. "The early impact of Modernism was felt through planning. The CIAM, or the International Congresses of Modern Architecture, articulated a vision of a new city that would employ new technology-the high-rise, the highway-to sort the city into distinct clusters: industry in one place, retail in another, and homes set apart in high-rises surrounded by green space. This set of ideas, intended for Europe, was picked up in North America by alliances of politicians and developers under the name of "urban renewal." 6 "While developers won the ear of Toronto's city council in the 1960s, the young progressive David Crombie ran for mayor in 1972, attacking the official plan as "a hunting plan for developers." He and his reform faction won." 6 "Arguably the most important building in post-1950 Toronto., this is an oddity: a shopping mall in the middle of a pedestrian downtown, a profoundly North American building that alludes to Europe, a big-business big project with the blessing of Jane Jacobs. It is, in short, a modern Toronto compromise...The Bauhaus educated Zeilder found a precedent in Milan's Galeria Vittorio Emanuele II which, "functioned like a lively outdoor street, yet was protected from the weather." Zeidler wrote later. And it came to pass. 900 feet long and 60 feet wide, lined by stores and upstairs offices, capped by a glass rood that brought sunlight down through the mall via large atria." 9-10 "The Cabbagetown Residents Association (established 1967) is going strong, and helped the neighbourhood acquire four Heritage Conservation Districts protected by the city." 125 "Cecil Community Centre...58 Cecil Street...1890...Built of sturdy brick and stone in Renaissance Revival, the original Church of Christ structure..."178

Review # 2 was written on 2018-06-29 00:00:00 Donald Capparella Overall disappointing because it was written in "lofty architectural speak" but I learned about different styles of architecture with some important examples in the city.