as described in ivor de wolfes "the italian townscape," a landmark is a building that gives people at ground level a point of reference to where they are in the townscape. the steeple of the metropolitan united church at queen and church streets, visible not only above but also between the gap in the the false split pediment composed of the shed roofs of the buildings below and to the north of it. this accidental composition makes one of the most memorable landmarks of torontos skyline.
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