Very cool Toronto public space issues blog has posted a very positive review of Walking Turcot Yards. This paragraph says a lot.
“For a lot of Montrealers, and Canadians in general, the Turcot Interchange — where Quebec Autoroute’s 15 and 20 mash up together in an impossibly modern tangle of roads — was something to be proud of (itself flying above the Canadian National Railway yards below, yet another layer of intersection). Turcot, like Expo ‘67, was and maybe still is, wrapped up in our Canadian identity, a concrete marker of when we “came of age” or entered the modern age.”
Identity is certainly one of the strong themes here, but it is just as much about personal journeys, industrial history, and contemporary public space as it is a metaphor for that elusive “Identity”. I’ve always felt that what we share in this country is a strong feeling about possibilities and a willingness to explore them. Turcot Yards is a fascinating and ongoing project where thoughts and feelings can meet in an open dialogue and exchange, uncluttered by notions of restriction.
Full article here.
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