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In starkly austere but elegant contrast to the Royal Bank’s exuberance is German Bauhaus master Mies van der Rohe’s five black steel towers for the Toronto Dominion Centre (between Wellington and King Streets).
But it is well worth a visit to the top (a short hike from the bus stop) to peer down into the bleak, barren crater emitting puffs of sulfurous fumes and contrasting starkly with the colorful vegetation all around it.
For him, these wars exposed the political bankruptcy and strategic incompetence not only of Western governments but, even more starkly, of the international do-gooder establishment--the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the proliferating nongovernmental organizations that provide relief on the ground in times of emergency.
Set on a promontory where the Yangzi and Jialing rivers converge, this starkly industrial city of smokestacks is crucial to transportation and commerce in southwest China.
The camera hugs his long torso and ropy muscles; starkly white against the black of the sky, he seems stripped down to pure hatred.