Toronto Star

There was cheering in the streets yesterday as the final part of the steel structure was put in place at the Royal Ontario Museum's addition, the Crystal. Who said modern architecture wasn't popular? Designed by Daniel Libeskind, he of the much-criticized Freedom Tower in New York, the $211 million project has been under construction at the corner of Bloor St. W. and Queen's Park Cres. for more than a year. Though it won't open for another year, already the extraordinary angularity of its jutting planes is plain for all to see. Libeskind, who flew in for the occasion from, well, he's not sure where, couldn't have been happier. "It's thrilling," he spluttered, beaming. "Nothing could be as exhilarating as seeing the building take shape in reality."