Toronto Star

Modern masterpieces add contemporary dimension to understanding our architectural heritage. It's often easier to admire bad 19th-century buildings than appreciate the value of newer designs Heritage isn't just a thing of the past. In the case of architecture, what's being built now will become the heritage of the future, as what was built yesterday is the heritage of today. Still, many people would be hard-pressed to see the value of much of the architecture that has appeared since World War II, when the modern movement got going in earnest. That's why it's easier for Torontonians to appreciate a second-rate building from the 19th century than a first-rank piece of architecture from the 20th.