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Work on the [[Romanesque Revival]] building designed by [[E.J. Lennox]] began in [[1889]]. Lennox "signed" his name in scrollwork around the first floor exterior. When it opened on [[September 18]], [[1899]] it was the largest building in Toronto, and the largest municipal building in North America. |
Work on the [[Romanesque Revival]] building designed by [[E.J. Lennox]] began in [[1889]]. Lennox "signed" his name in scrollwork around the first floor exterior. When it opened on [[September 18]], [[1899]] it was the largest building in Toronto, and the largest municipal building in North America. |
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The building is sometimes used to film movies and television shows, such as ''[[This is Wonderland]]'', ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', [[Street Legal (TV series)|Street Legal]], and ''[[Dirty Pictures (television movie)|Dirty Pictures]]''. The building features prominently in the novel ''Old City Hall'', by [[Robert Rotenberg]]. |
The building is sometimes used to film movies and television shows, such as ''[[This is Wonderland]]'', ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', [[Street Legal (TV series)|Street Legal]], and ''[[Dirty Pictures (television movie)|Dirty Pictures]]''. The building features prominently in the novel ''Old City Hall'', by [[Robert Rotenberg]]. |
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[[Image:Old City Hall Cenotaph.jpg|125px|thumb|left|The Cenotaph at Old City Hall.]] |
[[Image:Old City Hall Cenotaph.jpg|125px|thumb|left|The Cenotaph at Old City Hall.]] |
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==Statues and monuments== |
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Revision as of 03:08, 4 August 2009
| Old City Hall | |
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 Toronto's Old City Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| Location | Toronto |
| Current tenants | Ontario Court of Justice |
| Construction started | 1889 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | E.J. Lennox |
43°39′9″N 79°22′54″W / 43.65250°N 79.38167°W
Toronto's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. It is at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, opposite the new City Hall in the centre of downtown Toronto. It has a distinctive clock tower which heads the length of Bay Street from Front to Queen. The tower stands 104m tall (340 ft).
Work on the Romanesque Revival building designed by E.J. Lennox began in 1889. Lennox "signed" his name in scrollwork around the first floor exterior. When it opened on September 18, 1899 it was the largest building in Toronto, and the largest municipal building in North America.
The clock face stands at 6 metres.[1]
Toronto City Council moved to the new city hall in 1965, and soon after plans were made to start construction of the Toronto Eaton Centre. The original plans called for old City Hall to be knocked down and replaced by a number of skyscrapers, leaving only the cenotaph (or in one plan, the clock tower) in the front. Public outcry forced authorities to abandon these plans. Currently the building is leased by the provincial government and is used as a court house for the Ontario Court of Justice.
An annex to this building, Manning Chambers, was demolished to make way for the current Toronto City Hall.
The building is sometimes used to film movies and television shows, such as This is Wonderland, Flashpoint, Street Legal, and Dirty Pictures. The building features prominently in the novel Old City Hall, by Robert Rotenberg.
Statues and monuments
At the foot of the front steps on Queen Street is the Cenotaph, erected to honour the dead from The First World War, The Second World War, the Korean War, and Canadian peacekeeping operations during Remembrance Day ceremonies every November 11.
See also
- Toronto City Hall - current city hall
- St. Lawrence Market - home of first city hall
References
- ^ Van Der Voort, Jane (8 March 2008). "Spring forward". Toronto Star. Retrieved 5 May 2009."With a dial six metres in diameter, the clock is the third largest in the world."
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