Toronto City Hall No 7 - a photo on Flickriver

In 1957 an international competition was held for a design of a new city hall. A total of 520 designs were received from 42 different countries. The winner of the competition was Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In 1965 Toronto's fourth city hall opened and still serves as the home of the city's council. The 27 storey east tower and the 20 storey west tower surround the saucer shaped council chamber. The saddest part of the history of our current city hall is that Revell died of a heart attack at 54 years old just 10 months prior to the opening ceremonies and never got to see his vision completed.

"When finished, the building generated controversy among many people who felt that it was "too futuristic" for the city." (Thank you to a Wikipedia contributor for that piece of information) :)

Original photography from 2015 using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Sigma 17-70mm f2.8 DC Macro OS lens and Silver EFEX Pro as a Lightroom plugin for the Black and White conversion.

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Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Downtown Toronto (show map)

Taken on: May 21, 2015

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Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/4.0, 1/4000 sec, 17mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Lens:	17-70mm
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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