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21-558: The civic centre is adjacent to Albert Campbell Square . It is south of Scarborough Centre station and the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall. The building is unique for the juxtaposition of two triangular-shaped, multiple split-level towers, which surround an open central area in the interior. Outside the Civic Centre on the north side is Albert Campbell Square , named after Albert Campbell, Scarborough's first mayor, with

42-838: A monograph on Milles, are now held in the Carl Milles Photograph Collection, c. 1938–1939, in the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago . Milles and his wife returned to Sweden in 1951, and lived in Millesgården every summer until Milles' death in 1955. They spent winters in Rome, where the American Academy had supplied them with a studio. Milles and his wife, Olga, who died in 1967 in Graz, Austria , are buried in

63-551: A popular venue for multicultural events, including the Toronto International Dance Festival (from 2018 - present), Scarborough Afro-Carib Festival (2001–present), Scarborough Community Multicultural Festival (2015–2017), and the Sri Lankan Kothu Fest (2015–present). Albert Campbell Square and the immediate surrounding area is home to a large number of sculptures and other public works of art. Some of

84-616: A reaction to the Swedish journalism, which mostly took a negative stance towards the growing Nazi Germany. Milles believed that the Swedish press risked dragging Sweden into the war and argued: "The press's ignorant writers, who have fantasized their small brains to disgusting mockery of a great people striving for independence from hunger and communism...". Milles had a complex attitude towards Nazi Germany. Many letters are ambiguous, and there are also examples where he opposed German methods. But when he visited Germany, which he did annually throughout

105-692: A sculptor. In 1904 he and Olga moved to Munich . Two years later they settled in Sweden, buying property on Herserud Cliff on Lidingö , a large island near Stockholm. Millesgården was built there between 1906 and 1908 as the sculptor's private residence and workspace. It was turned into a foundation and donated to the Swedish people in 1936. In 1931, American publisher George Gough Booth brought Milles to Cranbrook Educational Community , in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan , to serve as his sculptor in residence. Part of Booth's arrangement with his principal artists

126-399: A small stone chapel, designed by Milles, at Millesgården. Because Swedish law requires burial on sacred ground, it took the assistance of the then reigning Gustaf VI Adolf to allow this resting place. Carl Milles expressed admiration for Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler during the 1920s and 1930s, as well as for Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco. Carl Milles feared the growing communism and

147-405: A waterfall and reflecting pool, used as a skating rink in winter. Sculptures are found on the southwest side of the building. The Hand of God , dedicated to Albert Campbell, depicts a man held up by a hand and is mounted on a mast; it is located south across Borough Drive. Gord Smith 's Icarus portrays bronze folds assembled together to represent a pair of outstretched wings. Frank Faubert Forest,

168-606: A wooded area south of the Civic Centre is named for Scarborough 's last mayor, Frank Faubert . Inside the main hall is a rising series of polished metal unfolding tetrahedrons resembling birds rising toward the ceiling from the main-floor-level pond, designed by Toronto artist James Sutherland in 1972. In 2015, the Toronto Public Library opened the Scarborough Civic Centre branch, its 100th library branch. The Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch

189-747: Is located at 150 Borough Drive, adjacent to the Scarborough Civic Centre south of Scarborough Centre station and Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall. The Albert Campbell Square was modelled after Nathan Phillips Square (built 1965) in Downtown Toronto and in turn inspired Mel Lastman Square (built 1989) in North York City Centre . Part of the Albert Campbell Square is an outdoor ice rink , which held its status of being Scarborough's only permanent outdoor ice rink until

210-599: Is now a museum . He was born as Carl Wilhelm Emil Andersson , son of lieutenant August Emil Sebastian "Mille" Andersson (1843–1910) and his wife Walborg Alfhild Maria Tisell (1846–1879), at Lagga outside Uppsala in 1875. In 1897 he made what he thought would be a temporary stop in Paris on his way to Chile , where he was due to manage a school of gymnastics. However, he remained in Paris, where he studied art, working in Auguste Rodin 's studio and slowly gaining recognition as

231-482: The construction for an outdoor ice rink at McCowan District Park began in 2014. Albert Campbell Square has hosted a number of events. It has served as the starting point of the annual Scarborough Canada Day Parade, one of two Canada Day parades produced by the City of Toronto government . On 11 July 1980, crowds gathered at Albert Campbell Square to witness the arrival of Canadian athlete Terry Fox , whose scheduled stop

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252-492: The group as a wedding party. Local officials insisted that the name be changed to The Meeting of the Waters . Outside Detroit 's Frank Murphy Hall of Justice is a Carl Milles statue, The Hand of God , which was sculpted in honor of Frank Murphy , Detroit Mayor, Michigan Governor , and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice . The statue was placed on a pedestal with the help of sculptor Marshall Fredericks . The statue

273-600: The landing site where the colonists arrived in 1638. In America he is best known for his fountains. Milles' fountain group The Wedding of the Waters in St. Louis symbolizes the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers merging just upstream. Commissioned in 1936 and unveiled in May 1940 to a crowd of about 3000 people, the fountain caused a local uproar because of its playful, irreverent, naked, and nearly cartoonish figures, and because Milles had conceived

294-685: The works, such as the Hand of God by Carl Milles date back to the building of the Scarborough Civic Centre in the 1970s. In 1994 Scarborough hosted the International Granite Sculpture Symposium, which added a further 8 works. As of 2017, there are over 10 pieces of public art on display. Albert Campbell Square has also hosted temporary exhibits for Nuit Blanche and public performances of contemporary art. Carl Milles Carl Milles ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈmɪ̂lːɛs] ; 23 June 1875 – 19 September 1955)

315-899: Was a Swedish sculptor . He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles . Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa statue at the Stockholm Nordic Museum , the Poseidon statue in Gothenburg , the Orpheus group outside the Stockholm Concert Hall , and the Fountain of Faith in Falls Church, Virginia . His home near Stockholm, Millesgården , became his resting place and

336-574: Was at Scarborough Civic Centre during his Marathon of Hope. On 24 July 2016, Rick Tocchet , right wing player of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Scarborough native, exhibited the Stanley Cup at the square after the team won the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals . Albert Campbell Square also hosted viewing parties during the 2019 NBA Finals, which featured the Toronto Raptors. The square has been

357-511: Was commissioned by the United Automobile Workers , and paid for by individual donations from UAW members. The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research , an annual award for research on entrepreneurship , consists of a replica statuette of The Hand of God and a prize of 100,000 euros. Milles' sculptures sometimes offended American sensibilities, and he had a 'fig leaf' maker on retainer. Photographs of his sculptures, taken for

378-676: Was designed by Toronto-based architecture firm LGA Architectural Partners with Philip H. Carter as planning consultant. Albert Campbell Square Albert Campbell Square is a public square in Scarborough City Centre in Scarborough , Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is named after Albert Campbell , the first mayor of the Borough of Scarborough and former chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto . Albert Campbell Square

399-516: Was hesitant about the methods "to clean up." In 1938, he wrote to his sister Ruth: "... but no matter how skillful he (Hitler) is in managing Germany, he rattles too much, but maybe it's the only way to make others understand...". Like many intellectuals in Sweden at that time, Milles was also involved in the appeal to the National Association Sweden-Germany. The association was formed in 1937 to show its support for Germany and as

420-513: Was impressed by the rhetoric of Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. To his friend Frances Rich, he exclaimed, "I love people who clean up their homes and have Sunday finesse. I don't care what they're called, but I hate disorder...". To Olga Milles, who remained in Graz for a while after the annexation (Anschluss) of Austria to the German Reich, Carl enthusiastically sent "Heil Hitler" greetings. However, Milles

441-557: Was that they were expected to create major commissions outside the Cranbrook environment. In 1938, for the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden , the country commissioned a sculpture by Milles featuring a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel , the ship which originally brought the Swedish colonists to America. The sculpture is located at Fort Christina in Wilmington, Delaware , near

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