Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Life in Canada: Walking inside University of Toronto at night!

21 Nov 2019 · 5 min

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In this informal vlog, a group of friends explores the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and Hart House campuses at night. Speaker A leads the tour, marveling at stained‑glass windows, a hothouse, an organ, and a piano performance, while noting the creaking floors and the overall magical atmosphere. The group moves through various interior spaces, including a reading room, map room, and what appears to be a library, commenting on the historic and aesthetic qualities of the architecture. Speakers B, C, and D interject with enthusiastic, humorous reactions such as “craziest place,” “crunchy history,” and “that’s nuts,” reflecting a sense of awe and excitement about the campus’s unique features. The video serves as a visual and auditory walkthrough, highlighting the campus’s historic design elements and the spontaneous, lively commentary of the participants.

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We are at UTM campus, University of Toronto Mississauga. I forgot to take the pictures for like— take the video when we were getting in because I was so enthralled by the campus. This is stained glass, stained windows, stained glass windows. This is the hothouse. You can hear the organ playing. This is magical. Floor, floor is creaking. Here we are. So sorry, let's get out. That's the guy playing the piano. Can you see him? And this is the halls. University of Toronto Hart House campus. There are several campuses, this is one of them.
Craziest place. Jesus, this really is crunchy. Okay, let's go. It's crunchy history. Crunchy history. Go in there.
Okay, we can keep exploring this building, but it's all like this. You want to keep exploring this building and go somewhere else?
Yeah, we can go somewhere else. This is so beautiful. This is the reading room and map room.
That's nuts. That's nuts here right now. That's nuts. I think that's a library.
That's a library. Yeah, I'm going out from here. I'll just step out. Yeah, listen, it's playing music. It's beautiful. This is— these are the steps, and this is the main entrance. Look at the entrance door. I'll just show you from outside. Oh, it's very cold outside. Look at this door. Oh, oh wow, this is so good. This is the building from outside. Okay, that is the extension of the whole building. You can see that. Yeah, this entire thing is the campus. Okay, there's another building over there, and it's so interesting. I wish I could become a child and start studying again. It's so interesting to be in this— study in this campus. Hope you enjoyed the video.