Toronto Star

Given the sorry state of Ontario courthouses, perhaps it's just as well that justice is blind. Though there was a time when the courthouse was the proudest building in town, today they are shabby spaces carved out of strip malls in the middle of nowhere. To visit "courts of justice" such as 1000 Finch Ave. W., 2201 Finch Ave. W. and 1911 Eglinton Ave. E. is to spend time in some of the most depressing places in the GTA. One might expect the enormous powers of the courts to be reflected in the architecture, but that's no longer the case. Indeed, if the design of these buildings says anything, it's that the judicial system has become a clearing house of human misery. The players all know their parts, but the stage is nasty and bare.