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Too Imaginative for Mercer Island's Downtown?

Toronto's "Edge Cities" are a bit more "far out" as far as design goes, compared to humble Mercer Island.

Posted by Jerry Gropp Architect AIA, 
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These "Twisty Towers" just outside of Toronto (in the large suburb of Missassauga, Ontario) show what can be done. What do you think?

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