Faces on Places: A Grotesque Tour of Toronto [Paperback]

Terry Murray (Author)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: House of Anansi Press (Jun 8 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0887847412
ISBN-13: 978-0887847417
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 249 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > Regional > Canadian
- #1 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > International > Canadian
- #1 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Toronto

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Faces on Places takes us into the fascinating world of mythical and historical persons and icons that have been watching over Toronto and its inhabitants for centuries. If you look up with author Terry Murray, you'll see beyond glass and steel and stone to spy Gargoyles, Griffins, Dragons, Angels, Portraits of Important Personages (and Caricatures of those same folk). Murray has photographed over sixty Toronto buildings, interviewed architects, stone carvers, and building occupants, and scoured archives for original architectural plans, to discover who these creatures are, and why they exist. Faces on Places is organized by type of sculpture, and contains street addresses and maps for suggested walking tours. It is an elegant and reliable guide to the city's most silent and intriguing citizens.