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If you've never been to a library opening before you might be surprised to realize that they tend to attract crowds. At yesterday's reopening of the Bloor/Gladstone branch, for instance, a throng of eager readers was waiting in the rain a half-hour before they were to be let inside, and once the doors did open it took twenty minutes for the line to clear. Kids ran downstairs to check out their colourful new play areas, longtime patrons set off to find the new locations of their old favourite sections, and the social butterflies settled into the sparkling computer lab for a status update or two. You could hardly blame them: they'd been without their library for nearly three years, and the enthusiasm with which the branch was welcomed back was delightful to behold.

Toronto's reputation as a city bent upon destroying its past is well-deserved. But an exhibit at Harbourfront Centre suggests that this reputation is becoming a thing of the past. Given the opportunity to reflect upon history's place in architectural practice, in "Building on History," three of the city's leading firms provide remarkable insight into how architects think about heritage and value heritage buildings in different ways.

ART: Harbourfront Centre unveils nine new winter art exhibits at a public reception tonight. “Fashion No-no” has artists designing clothes (Andrea Ling’s award-winning Architectural Master’s thesis is pictured above) and clothing designers making art. Curator Paola Poletto and solo exhibitionist Felieke van der Leest (of “It’s a Beastly World After All”) both lecture tomorrow (January 24, 1 p.m., FREE) as part of the Innovators + Ideas Craft series. Also on tonight at the Studio Theatre is the keynote address for the Power Plant's weekend “We, Ourselves and Us” symposium—delivered by anarchist, failed punk rocker, and Professor of Philosophy Simon Critchley (7 p.m., $10). Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), 6–10 p.m., FREE.

On May 17th, 2005, ERA Architects held a fundraiser for Spacing Magazine and [murmur] in the Fermenting Cellar of the Distillery District. It was called Toronto the Good. Admission was on a $10-20 sliding scale, the bar was open, and the buffet was impressive. Will Munro and Christopher Thinn DJed. Torontoist did not attend but trusts the many accounts of others that it was a very good time.