The skyscape of Toronto has been growing by leaps and bounds for a few years, especially in the Union Station area. After admiring Douglas Copeland's Dog Fountain, I crossed the street to the Sony Centre where all is completed on the the L Tower by Libeskind. The sign says the Sony Centre, but it looks like it will soon be the Meridian Hall on September 15th. And the Toronto Centre for the Arts will be renamed Meridian Arts Centre. The city-run organization which operates the venues will be called TO Live. Do you remember the original name - the O'Keefe Centre? That was in 1960, then the Hummingbird Centre in 1996.
So our pictures today are taken in the Sony Centre Plaza designed by Claude Cormier. The article says it will have a fogging system and grass garden to depict a meadow-like garden. The grass garden has been planted with barberry.
The three sculptures are called "The Dream Ballet" and are by Toronto artist Harley Valentine.
I decided on a black and white rendering over the sand colours of the Sony Centre walls. It gives it drama.
