Straight Flush, a 2009 light installation by James Turrell, can be seen from sidewalk on Toronto's Adelaide St. W.
Field trip ideas for your lunch break … or your next big trip to the city. Tour guides and art experts reveal their favourite hidden gems and why they’re worth a closer look.Straight Flush, a 2009 light installation by James Turrell, can be seen from sidewalk on Toronto's Adelaide St. W.
"I love that piece so much because people don't expect much from it," says Ryanne Florence-Perry, an artist who works as atour guide. Public art, culture and history are the company's specialties, and they offer educational tours for kids in middle and high school.is a must-see on Florence-Perry's route, she says. When she brings students to the corner of Bay and Adelaide, she asks them to imagine the mindset of an office worker.
The Allen Lambert Galleria is the atrium connecting the towers of Brookfield Place. It's a public square, of sorts, covered by a six-story canopy of parabolic white arches. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish architect behind Calgary's Peace Bridge; the Montjuïc Communications Tower in Barcelona and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York.
This next spot won't immediately read as grand, but it's still wow-worthy — especially when you realize the history it represents. To find, walk south from the St. Lawrence Market on Jarvis or Market Sts. There's a pedestrian passage that connects the two corridors — a covered parking lot, really, that's attached to the Market Wharf condo tower. The reflective glimmer of something on the ceiling should catch your attention while you're breezing past.
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