Uploaded on 2014-10-25 by Aaron_Thibeault

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14142524986762331.jpg I like this image because it captures both the localized building materials of Toronto's past, and its current globalized building materials. In the background is a new condo going up downtown along Yonge St. Like virtually all new buildings in Toronto it is being constructed out of steel and concrete. Canada has all the resources to make concrete cheaply, and so this material is still local. As for the steel, while Canada is a big producer of iron, we have largely outsourced our production of steel, and while much of this outsourcing once went to the US, now our steel comes mostly from China. In the foreground is an old sandstone building that was once a post office, and has now been repurposed as a McDonald's and a Starbucks (talk about globalization!). Toronto's older buildings are almost all made out of brick (more ordinary buildings) or sandstone (government buildings and churches), both of which materials were sourced locally.