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  • Boisterous “fans” spill out of the SkyDome in this frieze by Michael Snow.

  • Joe Fafard’s seven bronze, life-size cows in gentle repose.

  • Aka The Archer , this Henry Moore bronze, controversial when installed in 1966, is now a local favorite.

  • Rotating exhibits of contemporary site-specific works.

  • Two austere, perfectly proportioned towers and a single-story pavilion of glass and black metal, all set on a broad plaza, are Toronto’s only design by International Style architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969). Built between 1964 and 1971, the complex spurred the skyscraper boom that gave birth to the city’s financial district. Four more towers were later added (see Toronto-Dominion Centre).

  • Union Station

    The Great Hall of this 1920s monumental stone railroad station has an 88-ft- (27-m-) high vaulted ceiling (see Union Station).

  • University of Toronto

    Founded in 1827 as King’s College, this institute has many refined, stately buildings, such as the Romanesque Revival-style University College (see University of Toronto).

  • A gorgeously layered aluminum sculpture, cut with water jets, by Anish Kapoor.

  • Curved walls intersected by a triangle of three chairs echo the severe beauty of city towers.

  • Woodpeckers strike at a 100-ft (30-m) column.

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