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The market square space was used as the city hall of Toronto for most of the 19th century, occupying a temporary space at the original market space from 1834 to 1845. Prior to being renovated for market use, the building on St. Lawrence Market South was used as the municipal city hall from 1845 to 1899, before moving into the newly built city ...
The "New Market House" was used as Toronto City Hall from 1845-1899. The yellow brick outline of the center part of that building can still be seen today in the front facade of the current building. The City Hall was renovated in 1851 by William Thomas, with new shops in the wings, keystones in the arched windows and improvements to the police ...
Market Lane Park is located on the west side of the North Market Building and St. Lawrence Hall. With the closure of (formerly West Market as well as Market Square as Market Street ran on southside - now known as The Esplanade) Market Street between King and Front Streets, under City of Toronto By-laws 291-67 [ 23 ] and 40-70, [ 24 ] the area ...
St. Lawrence Hall was erected in 1854 as a public meeting hall for residents of Toronto. It was built after the 1849 fire of Toronto. In 1834, Toronto's first city hall was built on the southwest corner of King St. East & Jarvis St. at the old 'Market' building from 1834 (the year of Toronto's incorporation from the former town of York) to 1844.
St. Lawrence Hall, c. 1860. The building was erected in 1850—51, following the Great Fire of Toronto in 1849.. The location was previously part of the Market Square area and had been the site of the first permanent market buildings as well as site of Joseph Bloor's Farmer's Arms Inn from 1824 to 1831.
Old Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its limits from 1967 to 1997. It is sometimes referred to as the "South" or "Central" district, and includes the downtown core. Some of these names such as "The Fashion District" are (or were) used as marketing for the areas or by BIAs; this area is actually called "King-Spadina" by locals.
The Pape Village Business Improvement Area represents approximately 110 businesses along the thoroughfare, and undertakes efforts to promote and beautify the area. Since much of the existing building stock in Pape Village dates to the 1940s and 1950s, the City of Toronto adopted a new community improvement plan for the district in 2003, in order to assist local businesses to renovate and ...
St. Andrew's Playground is a small park in downtown Toronto.It is located at the 450 Adelaide Street West, at the northwest corner of Brant St and Adelaide. [1] It has a playground for children and an off-leash area for dogs [2] that is surrounded by a short fence, with an accessible water fountain for pets, children, and adults.