The Globe and Mail

Some cities build ferry terminals that redefine architecture. Toronto is building a cheap metal shed that architects were given one month to design. After years of waiting for something better to happen along the waterfront, the lowest form of public architecture is being dished out. Patience isn't a virtue -- it's a trap laid out for the unsuspecting. The Toronto Ferry Terminal, which will connect the city with Rochester, N.Y., is like the crappy little bauble that comes wobbling out of a bubble-gum machine -- and breaks the moment you try it on.