North York’s Modernist Architecture, a reprint of the 1997 City of North York publicationĮ.R.A. He has taught geography for over three decades at York University in Toronto. John Warkentin, a native Manitoban, has been a resident of Toronto since the 1960s. Creating Memory provides a new and very human perspective on Toronto, its history and its local geography. Through Toronto’s sculptures, the character of the city and its local communities, and many facets of Canadian life, are remembered and revealed in distinctive ways. It looks at the reasons behind the changes as sculptures were conceived, sculpted and erected. This is a book about the sculptures and how they disclose the city to itself.Ĭreating Memory’s two introductory sections examine the factors behind this expansion over time and the changes in style as one generation of sculptors succeeded another.
Interest in commissioning public sculpture began slowly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but increased rapidly after the 1950s. Toronto has over 6,000 public outdoor sculptures, works of art that provide a sense of the rich variety of life and work in the city, its peoples, cultures and aspirations. On the shelf Creating Memory, by John Warkentinīecker Associates, 2010.
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