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Posted: 05 Sep 2023

Taken: 24 Jul 2012

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University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building (1969, Govan, Kaminker, Langley, Keenleyside, Melick, Devonshire, & Wilson with Somerville, McMurrich, & Oxley). On the right is Habit Helix of Life by Ted Bieler (1971).
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 John FitzGerald
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Thanks, Joe, and all the best to you.
19 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
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mooie straat scene john
19 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
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Thanks, Fred.
18 months ago.
 Andrew Trundlewagon
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A very interesting scene but am I alone in sensing an incongruity in a sculpture called "Habit of Life" in a place so devoid of signs of life (except perhaps the grass breaking growing between the cracks in the concrete proving that life will find a way).
18 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
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I'm pretty sure you're not alone Andrew. In fact, the incongruity is even worse, since I mistakenly wrote "habit" for "helix". It represents DNA. I think this is probably another example of the people who approve buildings in Toronto being desperate to prove that Toronto is not a cultural backwater. So when city council approved New City Hall they decided to tear down Old City Hall -- one of the finest buildings in the city, and one of the most revered. Luckily an enraged citizenry saved it,

Of course the building went up in 1969 and the sculpture in 1971, a period in which everyone wanted to be NEW!! And DIFFERENT!! Kick out the jams!! And so on. This is certainly different from the rest of Queen's Park Circle.
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