This month we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Toronto Public Library’s largest branch, Toronto Reference Library (TRL). Over the past 40 years, TRL has undergone some drastic changes; from its relocation to Yonge and Bloor in 1977, to a megacity amalgamation 20 years later, to a major revitalization project in 2014. But throughout these 40 years…
Toronto Reference Library at 40: A Space of Gathering for Programmed Events
Hi, I'm Richard, a staff member at Toronto Public Library. While recently digging through an old archive of library reports, I discovered an incisive quotation that describes what the Toronto Reference Library is all about. In responding to a survey question in 1996, "Have we made a difference?" John Robert Colombo wrote: Nowhere in Metropolitan Toronto…
Toronto Reference Library at 40: Raymond Moriyama and the Original Architecture
The Toronto Reference Library is celebrating 40 years of public service November 2nd. "Metro Library is my perfection" Raymond Moriyama, original architect. "Wow this is a hommage to groovy 70s orange & brown curvilinear goodness" recent user. The original Central Library for Toronto was the 1909 Carnegie funded Beaux Arts building on St George and College, now the University of Toronto Bookstore and…
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