Toronto

Abstract

Sweeping curves of City Hall's twin towers and the arches at Nathan Phillips Square run counter to Toronto's straight-arrow image. The Freedom Arches, so named in 1989, show support for the world's ongoing struggles for liberty-battles and upheavals that have brought to Toronto waves of immigration and dramatic ethnic metamorphosis. With its sizzling cultural mix and a stylish new personality, this once bland metropolis breaks into the urban major leagues.