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| Simple, yet not Toronto, ON August 2019 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Sure, it serves as the centre of power for Canada's largest city, but it's been designed in such a way that the citizens touched by what goes on here are always welcome.
The giant public square that surrounds it comes alive with activity every day, in any season. Festivals and concerts in summer. Skating in winter. Clambering on and in the iconic Toronto sign year-round, mixed in with a nosh from a nearby food truck. I could hang here for days.
It's so well programmed that you don't even have to be a Torontonian to appreciate the vibrancy of effective community spaces like this one. Other cities might want to take note.
So, of course, the photo I choose to share has none of these things in it. Because I'm weird that way.
My silliness aside, sometimes you've just got to go with the simple shot built from lines, curves, textures, and a little bit of color served up by Mother Nature.
Because the power of design is rarely more evident than when it's applied to the structures where democracy itself comes alive.
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