{"id":1470,"date":"2016-06-30T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:31","slug":"colour-it-in-mclaughlin-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2016\/06\/colour-it-in-mclaughlin-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour it in: U of G’s McLaughlin Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
Artist and geographer Daniel Rotsztain, a master of landscape architecture student, filled much of his free time last year on a personal quest: to draw each of Toronto\u2019s 100 public libraries. Travelling across the city by bus, bicycle, streetcar and train, he sketched each library branch over the course of two months. His collection, which he calls a \u201clove letter to the library,\u201d was recently published as a colouring book, called All the Libraries Toronto <\/em>(Dundurn Press).<\/p>\n Portico<\/em> wanted to get in on the fun, so we asked Rotsztain to draw U of G\u2019s McLaughlin Library, which he likes because of its \u201cquiet bustle\u201d and the delicate balance expressed in its architecture: \u201cA brutalist concrete structure that nevertheless lets in lots of light.\u201d<\/p>\n