Great White North

At the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, a different artist has created each room. Room 404 celebrates "the awesomeness of Canadiana," say its artists, Jenny Francis and The Big Stuff, a reupholstering business. As they write in the artists' statement that accompanies the room: "We are fabricating nostalgia: a brief, whimsical fantasy of Canada."

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