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Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall , or New City Hall , at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street , and is named after Nathan Phillips , mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. [ 3 ]
Since 2002, Cavalcade of Lights has been transformed from a one-night event to a month-long one with the addition of Saturday night skating parties to live music at Nathan Phillips Square's outdoor rink. In 2004, the event expanded citywide by adding displays of energy-efficient LED lighting in Toronto neighbourhoods.
The Toronto Sign is an illuminated three-dimensional sign in Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that spells the city's name. [1] It is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall and 22 metres (72 ft) long (prior to the addition of the maple leaf and the medicine wheel), lit by LED lights that can create an estimated 228 million colour combinations ...
Nathan Phillips Square is a large public square in front of Toronto City Hall. The design for the public space in front of the new city hall, Nathan Phillips Square, was part of the competition. The square's reflecting pool and concrete arches, fountain, and overhead walkways were thus also part of Revell's submission. It has since seen several ...
Nathan Phillips QC (7 November 1892 — 7 January 1976) was a Canadian politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. A lawyer by training, Phillips was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1926. He is the city's first Jewish mayor, ending an unbroken string of Protestant mayors.
Sales of The Yellow Tape were jump-started when the band was removed from the lineup of the 1991 New Year's Eve concert in Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall because a staffer for then-mayor June Rowlands believed the band's name objectified women; [15] the decision was affirmed by city councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski. [16]
The Hippodrome was located in downtown Toronto, at the southwest corner of Albert and Bay streets (now Nathan Phillips Square). At its opening in 1914, it was the largest movie palace in Canada, and one of the largest vaudeville theatres in the world. [2] The Hippodrome included 12 opera boxes, a Wurlitzer organ, as well as a full-size ...
Nathan Phillips Square (pictured in 2011) is an urban plaza located in front of the City Hall (and beside the Old City Hall, seen at right) in Toronto, Canada. Named after former mayor Nathan Phillips, the square was designed by Viljo Revell and opened in 1965. It is used for various public events, including concerts, art displays, a weekly ...