Smart Address: Art Deco, Style Moderne and Their Contemporaries in Toronto

摘要

A city's architecture is an important record of its history and cultural heritage, a record that Toronto has the unfortunate reputation of failing to preserve.' This lack of respect for Toronto's architectural past was an underlying friction in the exhibition Smart Address: Art Deco, Style Moderne and Their Contemporaries in Toronto. Mounted at the Market Gallery in partnership with the Toronto Architectural Conservancy (TAC), Smart Address used archival records to explore important Art Deco and Style Moderne buildings from the years between the First and Second World Wars. The Market Gallery, which presents exhibitions highlighting the city's history and culture, is situated on the second floor of the St. Lawrence Market, a historic building in its own right, being the site of Toronto's original City Hall.