“You don’t have to whisper,” the librarian says to me without looking up, not realizing that I have lost my voice. I am visiting some of the many local architectural landmarks open to the public for Doors Open Toronto.
I was heading for art but it turns out to be science. This year’s lineup includes the rare opportunity to visit the R.C. Harris water filtration plant, an art deco gem featured in Michael Ondaatje’s In The Skin of the Lion. The misty morning lends to the aura of the place. I try to tune out the overheard snippets of how water is purified: too much like my previous life of a chemist.
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