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8. First Canadian Place 9. Toronto Dominion Centre 10. Fairmont Royal York 11. Union Station 6. Scotia Bank 5. Toronto St. Post Office 7. CIBC old & new 13. Brookfield (BCE) Place 14.

1 8. First Canadian Place 9. Toronto Dominion Centre 10. Fairmont Royal York 11. Union Station 6. Scotia Bank 5. Toronto St. Post Office 7. CIBC old & new 13. Brookfield (BCE) Place 14. Hockey Hall of Fame 12. Royal Bank Plaza 4 Consumers Gas building 3. St. James Cathedral 17. Flatiron Building 16. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 15. St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts 2. St. Lawrence Hall 1. St. Lawrence Market 18. Beardmore Bldg. Start Tour Route Architectural History HIST12797 Tour starts and ends at St-Lawrence Market. We have 2 hours to complete this walking tour - it s about 3kms. GOOD LUCK!

2 Start & End X X You can walk through Brookfield Place to the Hockey Hall of Fame map my walk wouldn t let me though!

Architects: Henry Bowyer Lane Year: 1845 Use: Toronto City Hall and Jail House - currently large marketplace Architectural construction and materials: Tinted glass, limestone, granite, red brick,

3 Architects: Henry Bowyer Lane Year: 1845 Use: Toronto City Hall and Jail House - currently large marketplace Architectural construction and materials: Tinted glass, limestone, granite, red brick, white stone. Other information: Built in Georgian tradition and influenced by Romanesque style. Resources:St. Lawrence Market. A little piece of history. St.Lawrence Market, story

Corinthian capitals columns - plastered tall ceiling, 34 feet above the wooden floor - Stone construction on bulk of exterior Other information:designated as historic site in 1967 - Housed several

4 ST-LAWRENCE HALL Architect: William Thomas Year: 1849 Architectural Style: Renaissance Revival Use: Amphitheatre inside. Past - hall for abolition meetings, balls, receptions, concerts, lectures, political and cultural center Now - weddings, galas, private events Architectural construction and materials: - 16 Corinthian capitals columns - plastered tall ceiling, 34 feet above the wooden floor - Stone construction on bulk of exterior Other information:designated as historic site in Housed several important Abolition meetings in the years when Canada was receiving thousands of Underground Railroad refugees from American slavery - Fell into despair for nearly 70 years until restored by the city of toronto ofr the countries 100th celebration Resources:

ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL Architect: Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout Year: 1850-1874

flying buttress, vault Architectural material: Local stone and brick, glass, copper Other information:

5 ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL Architect: Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout Year: Architectural Style: Gothic Revival Use: Church Architectural construction: stone structure, arch, flying buttress, vault Architectural material: Local stone and brick, glass, copper Other information: The Tower and spire remain the tallest in Canada and second tallest in North America Destroyed by fire three times.

6 CONSUMER S GAS BUILDING Architect: David B. Dick (facade in 1899) Year: 1852, bought building to north in 1876 (designed by DIck and Grant Architects) facade covering both buildings was done in 1899 (by David B DIck) Architectural Style: Neo- Renaissance/Revival Renaissance Use: Consumer s Gas head office -- now it is the Rosewater supper club Materials built with: Stone with granite columns Other Information: Renovated in 1983 by Stone and Kohn Architects for the Counsel Trust Company Source: s_gas_building.html

TORONTO STREET POST OFFICE Architect: Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout Year: 1851-53 Architectural Style: Greek Revival Use: It served as the city s seventh post office, then became

7 TORONTO STREET POST OFFICE Architect: Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout Year: Architectural Style: Greek Revival Use: It served as the city s seventh post office, then became home to the internal revenue service and the Bank of Canada The Toronto Street Post Office Building is now home to the Morgan Meighen and Associates, a private investment company Materials: The building was primarily made out of stone Other: sold to its current tenant as the most expensive real estate per square foot in Canada Source:

SCOTIA PLAZA Architects: WZMH Architects Year: 1986-88 Architectural Style: Post-modern Use: Office tower, bank headquarters, gold-bullion vault in the basement (only one in Canada) Architectural

Windows are dark tinted glass framed by the granite. Reinforced concrete.

8 SCOTIA PLAZA Architects: WZMH Architects Year: Architectural Style: Post-modern Use: Office tower, bank headquarters, gold-bullion vault in the basement (only one in Canada) Architectural Construction and materials: Red Napoleon Granite, quarried in Sweden, cut and polished in Italy, then imported to Canada, covers much of the exterior and many interior surfaces. Windows are dark tinted glass framed by the granite. Reinforced concrete. Other information: 3 RD tallest building in Canada Architects: Mathers and Haldenby with Beck and Eadie Year: constructed between 1946 and 1951 Architectural Style: Beaux-Arts Use: Banking Headquarters, office space Architectural Construction and materials: Limestone, concrete, steel Other information: Heritage status, 1975 Resources:

CIBC Plaza or Commerce Court Original Beaux-Arts Building: Architects:Pearson and

concrete, limestone, steel Use: commercial/banking Tower: Architects: Pie Cob Freed

Materials/Construction: glass curtain wall, stainless steel Use:headquaters of

9 CIBC Plaza or Commerce Court Original Beaux-Arts Building: Architects:Pearson and Darling, with York and Sawyer Year: 1930 Style: Beaux-Arts Materials/Construction: concrete, limestone, steel Use: commercial/banking Tower: Architects: Pie Cob Freed and Partners, with Page and Steele Year: Style: International Materials/Construction: glass curtain wall, stainless steel Use:headquaters of canadian bank of commerce Other: 65 retail shops in below grade Resources: Court

10 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE

TORONTO-DOMINION CENTRE Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Year: Completion date of all 6 Towers (1967-1991) Architectural Style: International Style Use: Commercial Leasing in Financial District

11 TORONTO-DOMINION CENTRE Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Year: Completion date of all 6 Towers ( ) Architectural Style: International Style Use: Commercial Leasing in Financial District Architectural Construction & Materials: Bronze-tinted glass and black steel and aluminum. Other Info: First modern architectural structure and tallest at its time in Canada. Resources: ehistory.aspx

Tower Bay Wellington Tower linked by the six-storey Allen Lambert Galleria by Santiago Calatrava Architectural style: post-modern Use: Commercial

12 BROOKFIELD PLACE (formerly BCE PLACE) ** The complex consists of two towers: Bay Wellington Tower - by architects Bregman + Hamann Architects and completed in 1992 TD Canada Trust Tower by architects Bregman + Hamann Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, completed in 1990 TD Canada Trust Tower Bay Wellington Tower linked by the six-storey Allen Lambert Galleria by Santiago Calatrava Architectural style: post-modern Use: Commercial Office Building Construction material: Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone Resources:

FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK Architects: Ross & Macdonald Year: 1929 Architectural Style: Chateau-style Use: Hotel Architectural Construction and materials:concrete, brick, copper, stone and steel Other

13 FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK Architects: Ross & Macdonald Year: 1929 Architectural Style: Chateau-style Use: Hotel Architectural Construction and materials:concrete, brick, copper, stone and steel Other Information: Built by Canadian Pacific Railway, similar style to many of the other grand railway hotels built across the country. Resources: wikipedia(

UNION STATION Architects: Ross and MacDonald Year: construction period 1914-1920 Opened 1927 Architectural Style: Beaux- Art style, in this case a mixture of both Greek and Roman Architecture Use:

14 UNION STATION Architects: Ross and MacDonald Year: construction period Opened 1927 Architectural Style: Beaux- Art style, in this case a mixture of both Greek and Roman Architecture Use: Transportation Station Architectural Construction and materials: Indiana, Queenston Limestone, columnsbedford limestone, Zumbro stone from Missouri, Tennessee marble for the floor. Other information: currently undergoing a billion dollar renovation/restoration. Resources:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA ARCHITECT WZMH ARCHITECTS / DESIGNER BORIS ZEFARA Royal Bank Plaza - skyscraper Located in the downtown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

15 ROYAL BANK PLAZA ARCHITECT WZMH ARCHITECTS / DESIGNER BORIS ZEFARA Royal Bank Plaza - skyscraper Located in the downtown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1979 Headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada. Height = 180meters (590feet) 2 Towers = North Tower (26 Floors) & South Tower (40 Floors) windows coated in 24 karat gold (70$ per window) Total cost of windows= over $1million gold is used to reduce the heating bills as gold is a very excellent insulator.

HOCKEY HALL OF FAME Architects: Frank Darling and George Curry Year: 1885 Architectural style: Beaux-Arts style Use: 1882-1949 BMO HEAD OFFICE 1949-1982-

16 HOCKEY HALL OF FAME Architects: Frank Darling and George Curry Year: 1885 Architectural style: Beaux-Arts style Use: BMO HEAD OFFICE MAIN BRANCH 1993 Hockey Hall of Fame Materials: Concrete, stained glass, limestone, steel Other: one of the few buildings that survived the 1904 Toronto fire.

ST-LAWRENCE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Architects: Gordon Adamson & Associates Year: opened in1970, construction started in 1967 as a Canadian Centennial Project Architectural Style: Brutalism Use:

17 ST-LAWRENCE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Architects: Gordon Adamson & Associates Year: opened in1970, construction started in 1967 as a Canadian Centennial Project Architectural Style: Brutalism Use: Theatre, stage productions, musical events, etc. Architectural Construction and materials: Concrete, steel, glass. Other information: contains two theatres, Resources:

THE SONY CENTRE for THE PERFORMING ARTS Architects: Peter Dickinson (who also designed social housing buildings at Regent Park) Year: 1960 Architectural style: Mid-century Modern Use: Always used as

18 THE SONY CENTRE for THE PERFORMING ARTS Architects: Peter Dickinson (who also designed social housing buildings at Regent Park) Year: 1960 Architectural style: Mid-century Modern Use: Always used as a performing arts center Architectural construction: Alabama limestone, glazing, granite, copper, bronze, Carrara marble, carpet, cherry plywood panels and Brazilian Rosewood, concrete Other Information: Formerly the O Keefe Centre and the Hummingbird Centre The building seats 3000 people largest soft seat theatre in Canada. Male ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the USSR from this theatre Resources:

GOODER HAM / FLATIRON BUILDING Architect: David Roberts, Jr Year: 1892 Architectural Style: Romanesque and French Gothic Use: previously used as office space for the Gooderham family distillery

19 GOODER HAM / FLATIRON BUILDING Architect: David Roberts, Jr Year: 1892 Architectural Style: Romanesque and French Gothic Use: previously used as office space for the Gooderham family distillery business Construction Material: red brick, copper and iron Other: The name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron Resources: ng

BEARDMORE BUILDING Architect: Walter Strickland Year: 1872-1873 Architectural Style: Second Empire Use: Store-house until the 1940s Construction Material: Cast iron facade over a basic warehouse of

20 BEARDMORE BUILDING Architect: Walter Strickland Year: Architectural Style: Second Empire Use: Store-house until the 1940s Construction Material: Cast iron facade over a basic warehouse of timber-frame construction with brick load-bearing walls. Slate roof. Other info: Also known as the Griffiths Building This type of construction allows for larger window openings. Resources:

21 Architectural Styles Beaux-Arts popular in the US/Canada between 1880 and 1920, but was taught from the late 1600s onward Architects were trained at the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris The style was classically inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Imperial Roman architecture, Baroque, and in North American had a large Greek influence. Example: Union Station in Toronto. Chateau Style This is a revival style of architecture, based on the French Renaissance style of French country houses built in the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century Popular in Canada with many of the grand railway hotels, starting in the late 1800s Example: The Fairmont Royal Hotel

22 International Style Came of age in the 1920s and 30s First defined in the US by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock Characterized by: rectilinear forms light, taut plane surfaces that have been completely stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration open interior spaces a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction glass and steel, in combination with usually less visible reinforced concrete, are the characteristic materials of the construction Example: Toronto Dominion Centre, First Canadian Place Brutalist 1950s to the mid-1970s, popular with governmental and institutional clients to convey strength and power typically massive in character exposed concrete construction as an expression of material purity There is often an emphasis on graphically expressing in the external elevations and in the whole-site plan the main functions and people-flows of the buildings. Example: St-Lawrence Centre for the Arts

Rock Island County Courthouse History & Significance

1 Rock Island County Courthouse History & Significance HISTORY: The Rock Island County Courthouse was built in 1896 in downtown Rock Island. Rock Island County was established in 1833 and Stephenson, as