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Green Roofs at Doors Open Toronto

Posted on May 25, 2008

Doors Open Toronto is a wonderful program where once a year, buildings normally closed to the public swing open their doors and let citizens see what is normally hidden. In its ninth year, it is bigger than ever; we took the opportunity to have a look at some of the green roofs that were accessible for the occasion. Our first stop was the Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition, a 1931 Art Deco gem designed by J. J. Woolnough and still redolent of horse manure. The green roof, a demonstration project dating back to 2004, was an absolute joke considering the scale of what has been buil...

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