And I pronounce it good. It put a smile on my face, a buzz in my head and wonder in my soul the way a particularly perfectly decorated Christmas tree does. The Crystal makes Bloor Street look much more 21st Century.

(And if anyone expects me to say, "It makes Toronto world class!," I'm not going there)

Christopher Hume, the Toronto Star's architecture critic, attempts to answer the question Has the cultural renaissance begun? -- or, more accurately, attempts to suck people into buying Sunday's and Monday's editions of the Star for the answer.

However, there are some useful links to follow within it.