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Michael Cook, "Beaconsfield Overflow, Garrison Creek Relief Sewer, Toronto," 2008

Beaconsfield Overflow, Garrison Creek Relief Sewer, Toronto, 2008

Toronto's sewers envelop and dismiss watersheds that once flowed freely, extending underground both the natural topology and the built landscape of the city. These photographs locate and illuminate watersheds that were lost in the infrastructure that replaced them, revealing the halls and vaults and cataracts that carry and contain the tidal load of daily living. Not just an abstract, technological problem reengineered by professionals, urban sewerage is full of physical spaces, compelling experiences and political contradictions, all of which can and should be part of our imagination and understanding of the city.

"Beaconsfield Overflow, Garrison Creek Relief Sewer, Toronto", is part of Michael Cook's contribution to Alphabet City's WATER anthology.

Learn more or buy the edition: www.circuitgallery.com/projects/alphabet-city/michael-coo...

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