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These designs featured a variety of new public buildings, including a new city hall, a courthouse, police headquarters and war memorials, all preserving the 1917 Registry Building. In a 1947 plebiscite Toronto voters approved the acquisition of land that would become the site of Nathan Phillips Square.
The building is located adjacent to Nathan Phillips Square, a public square at the northwest intersection of Bay Street and Queen Street, that was designed and officially opened alongside Toronto City Hall.
Mar 4, 2016 · Toronto’s First City Hall disappeared that summer to make way for Thomas’s St Lawrence Hall. The market was left standing and continued to operate until the Spring, 1850, when it was demolished for a new market arcade extending between St. Lawrence Hall and Front Street.
Yonge–Dundas Square, or Dundas Square is a public square at the southeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Brown and Storey Architects, the square was conceived in 1997 as part of revitalizing the intersection.
Nov 20, 2012 · The 27th floor of the east tower originally served as an observation deck. The final component of the integrated design was the public square in front of the building - a grand civic gesture that devoted about ¾ of the site to open space.
Nov 1, 2015 · Officially inaugurated on September 13, 1965, Toronto’s City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square are a stunning pair: an iconic landmark in the city and a highly successful public plaza. The story of how this civic complex was realized offers a revealing glimpse into the socio-cultural and urban character of Toronto during the postwar years of ...
A Step Forward in Time: Construction. Built on 12.75 acres, City Hall originally had: 816,900 square feet of space. 1100 offices and auxiliary rooms. parking spaces for 2400 cars. Over almost four years of construction, City Hall used: 91,000 cubic yards of concrete. 9,000 tons of reinforcing steel.
