My recent schedule takes me through the University of Toronto's large, downtown campus (over 50,000 students!) a few times a week so today I feature another one of the university's colleges. This is one of the entrances to Knox College which is affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Designed by architects Chapman & McGiffen in a Gothic style modelled on Oxford and Cambridge, it was built in 1912-15 as a neighbour to University College. It is used for many movie shoots and in fact "Poe" for ABC was being filmed there a week ago! Enlarge the shot to see some strange carved faces above the door.
7 comments:
Amazing building, the faces are great and scary at the same time!
Love this University!
Great entrance!
I love the deeper meaning of the "strange" carved faces.
Nice one Red Pat :)
I just love, love architecture like that! It makes me feel like I'm in Europe somewhere....
It looks very imposing. The rough, dark gray stone is a bit intimidating.
There is a lot of interesting carvings when you enlarge the photo! Looks like it would make a great spot for filming.
I'm so glad you are often at the U of Toronto as I am gaining such an appreciation for the architecture there.
Very beautiful. Schools don't look this nice anymore.
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