Toronto Star

If Terminal 1 was a doughnut, an architectural confection that soon went stale, Terminal 2 was from the outset a slab of fruitcake, dense and hard to swallow. Shortly after it began operations in 1972, at what was then called Toronto International Airport, MP Don Blenkarn called the new terminal a shed unfit for pigs. It should, he said, be used for freight handling. It certainly looked like a warehouse. Perhaps whoever masterminded it had had an unhappy childhood and grew up hating people. Whereas today's buildings at Pearson International are light and airy with huge windows looking out over the airport, Terminal 2 was deliberately made unfriendly to visitors. It was about a kilometre long and had no windows. "They don't want you," the Star reported. "Not as a spectator, anyway. In fact, they've designed the whole terminal to discourage spectators, relatives and friends from clogging the corridors, restaurants, parking lots... they've even designed uncomfortable seats in the flight arrivals area to discourage airport reunions."