- Tartu College
Tartu College is an independently-owned and maintained student residence on the north side of
Bloor Street West, just east of Madison Avenue, inToronto ,Ontario ,Canada . Most of its residents are students of theUniversity of Toronto .Tartu College was built in 1970, two years after its sister building, the David A. Croll Apartments (originally
Rochdale College ), was built in 1968 across the street. Both buildings were designed by architectsElmar Tampõld and John Wells (who had earlier constructed theCharles Street apartments atBay Street and Bloor Street). Like the Rochdale building, it is an example ofbrutalist architectural principles, and serves as a nostalgic reminder of the 1960s culture during which both buildings emerged.It was named after the city of
Tartu ,Estonia , and was originally built as an undergraduate student co-op with a library, archive, and study centre serving the Estonian-Canadian community.External links
* [http://www.tartucollege.ca/ Tartu College]
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