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This junk heap of discarded furniture was found at the St. George subway entrance to the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE), just steps away from Dominion Modern's OISE D&A: an in-house exhibition of late-Modernist furniture from the structure's inception in 1970. Ironically, the pieces on display in the exhibition (photos after the jump) are of the same design as this basement-level detritus destined for the landfill.

In the 1978 book, Lost Toronto, William Dendy wrote that in the 20th century, many Georgian and Victorian buildings were fated to a date with the wrecking ball because of neglect and "changing tastes." Now, the architecture that took their place has fallen out of favour and structures such as the Massey Ferguson plant and Riverdale Hospital (pictured above), have been torn down or are slated for demolition.

We were shaking our heads in disappointment when Mayor Miller announced that the city would support empowerment of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp. (TWRC), but only if he was placed on its board- a familiar story of bureaucratic stalemate. The recent announcement of the Waterfront Design Review Panel, however, is surely a sign of hope in repairing this city's post-war urban planning faux pas.