One of the sects, Hare Krishna, performed ritualistic songs and dances on the street while some East Asian witnesses had a good laugh. They are not seen so much any more. As the Anglo-Saxons know, eccentricity sooner or later wears out. Another one, York University, is on the periphery. Both are beautiful and give an impression of wealth and power, as does all of North America.
Canadian architecture is gigantic.
Cyclopean, institutional buildings seem always to be huge monolithic masses expressing the austere Canadian character. The interiors are palatial, provided with all technological comforts. At York University, though smaller than the University of Toronto, the luxury struck me, as a newcomer, as being almost surrealistic. Transvestism and drugs flourished freely. Today the winds of conservatism are blowing at the universities.