City

Boring and Plainness of Modern Cities I often find modern cities not beautiful, sometimes even ugly. I held such feelings while I was in China. At that time, I thought it was understandable that China didn’t possess many classical and beautiful buildings, given most old buildings in China used wood and were vulnerable to fires, not to mention the intentional demolishing of old buildings during the Cultural Revolution. I was expecting something different from Canada but was quite disappointed by the harsh realities. From an architectural perspective, Toronto is nothing but an identical replica of modern cities in China: skyscrapers after skyscrapers, office buildings after office buildings. ...