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CITY HALL AND NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE:

Nathan Phillips Square is Canada's largest square, at a size of 4.85 hectares. It is sitauted between the new and the old City Hall. It was named after Nathan Phillip, who was Toronto's mayor from 1955-1962. In 2006 a revitalization plan was presented, that was inspired by Greek agoras and theaters. It was finished in 2014. Queen St, Dundas St, Bay St and University Ave surround it.
In the middle of this square you find fountains, ponds, trees and a very large Toronto sign, popular for photographs. Futuristic skybridges, that partly surround the square, connect the square with nearby hotels. The Toronto sign was installed temporarily for the 2015 Pan American Games, and was intended to be moved to another location after the games, but it became so popular that it is now a permanent feature of Nathan Phillips Square. It is so large that you can go inside the letters, and they are beautifully illuminated at night. The sides of the white letters are coloured in different colours and have different Toronto neighbourhoods written in them.
The pond is a popular place to skate, and the square is center for both the Cavalcade of Light festiival (lighting of the christmas tree) and the New Years Eve party.
The City Hall of Toronto is situated in one historic building, and two modern ones. The new part consist of two futuristic curved highrise buildings, designed by the Finnish architect Viljo Revell and completed in 1965. The tallest one has 27 floors. They were built because there were not enough space i the old city hall. There is a podium with a futuristic white dome, the inside of it can be seen from the lobby. The city's largest accessible green roof is situated on top of the podium.
Opposite the modern City Hall stands the Old City Hall, also a Toronto landmark, but completely different in style. The Old City Hall was built in 1899 in a beautiful romanesque revival style, with its landmark clock tower. It was designed by Edward James Lennox. We were allowed to go inside, after a security scan, but not to take pictures of the beautiful romanesque atrium inside. For many years it was one of the tallest buildings in Toronto. The clock tower is actually somewhat taller then the new city hall, 104m to the top. Since 1984 it is a National Historic Site.
The Peace Garden is a memorial to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pope John Paul II lit the flame with an ember from the Peace Flame in Hiroshima, and poured water from a river that flows through Nagasaki into the pool.
Other sculptures, like Henry Moores The Archer can also be found.
The historic, 98m tall, Canada Life Bldg from 1931, can be seen from the square. Trump Tower, Hilton and Sheraton Centre are also near.
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Old Posted Oct 3, 2016, 2:43 PM
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Downtown wasn't dangerous to begin with, but there are definitely lots of positive things such as large numbers of people being able to access jobs and amenities in a walkable setting without having to travel long distances, which reduces carbon emissions and traffic congestion compared to having people live farther out (in many cities population growth occurs at the edge). And it also makes downtown more lively and interesting, since it can support more businesses and attract more people which is something that can be enjoyed by both downtown residents, and people visiting downtown.

The ironic thing is that the styles aren't even those prevailing in Asia, and the Asian cities that do have similar styles started adopted them after Toronto and Vancouver did. The only similarity is that there is highrise residential.
Toronto is more Amercian looking then Asian looking but I was definately thinking while walking on some streets, that they reminded of some Asian city.
Some streets for example Charles St W looked, opposite our hotel. like Hong Kong, or may be Tokyo. A bit further away, towards Queens Park, it looked like London. Honestly the central part of Yonge St (north of Dundas), reminded me of London. The CBD part of course more of New York. The area around Dundas Square looks like Tokyo, and Chinatown of course like China. Anyway, a really great city you have, and yes it is nice that it is residential buildings and hotels that are popping up and not so many office buildigns.
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SUBWAY (sorry for the blurry quality)

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ST LAWRENCE MARKET:

St Lawrence Market is the center of the St Lawrence neighbourhood in Old Toronto. The main entrance is at Front Street, but there is also a lower entrance at the Esplanade, since the markethall is situated on one of Toronto's few sloping hills. There are totally four buildings, the 3-storey South Market building was Toronto's City Hall (and market) until 1899, when it was replaced by the monument one, and later the new highrises. The first one was a primitive wooden structure from 1803. The North market has existed over a century but the current markethall is the 3rd markethall building after fires and destruction. Meat, fruit, vegetables, food, drinks and souvenirs can all be found here so the markethall is a popular place to visit for both locals and tourists. There are also restaurants and café with fresh bakeries inside. During our visit there was an exhibtion about "The Beatles in Toronto" and a live band playing.

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YONGE STREET:

Yonge Street is the leading street of Toronto, going from the financial district and harbour in the south to the northernmost suburbs. The most central part, where we stayed, at Comfort Hotel Downtown, is a hip entertainment district with somewhat neglect townhouses, cheap restaurants, drug stores (cannabis etc!), fastfood chains, hotels, department stores and super luxurious residential skyscrapers (in the middle of that!). A bit further to the South you will find fancy brand stores, and to the North it is more residential in its character (actually Yonge St changes character lots of times), and passes the posh Yorkville neighbourhood. Even further south, it is an ultramodern shopping and business district with some of Toronto's tallest skyscrapers.Yonge St was the world's longest road according to Guiness Book of Records, but was a conflation; it's extension is not counted part of Yonge St, so it is actually 86km long and not 1896km, but still enough to pass through the whole Toronto including suburbs, in South-North direction.

The most central part is the Yonge-Dundas Square, at the intersection of these two streets. Dundas Square is an ultramodern square with neon lights, ads, crowded restaurants, department stores, entertainment - the closest you come to Times Square in New York, or Shibuya in Tokyo. Especially after dark, this place look impressive. Eaton Centre, Toronto's foremost shopping mall, also has an entrance at Yonge St, right at the square.

At Yonge St and Asquith Ave you find the Toronto Reference Library, built in 1977 and designed by Raymond Moriyama. It is the biggest public reference library in Canada, and might not look so special from the outside with its boxy facade, but once you get inside you will find a large light 5-storey atrium and a pond. One might think you have just entered a luxury hotel. There is also a special Arthur Conan Doyle Room, dedicated to the author of Sherlock Holmes, complete with books and a room that is furnished to look like the author's writing room. The room be a bit hard to find, situated behind glass on the upper floor. In the library, there are also music instruments that can be borrowed!

Not until the recent years there have been many skyscrapers built along Yonge Street. The most significant skyscrapers along Yonge St are Aura, a mixed-use, 78-storey, 272m tall skyscraper from 2014 with its own shopping galleria.
One Bloor, a 76-storey, 257m tall glass scraper with curved balconies, almost completed during our visit in 2016. It is situated right next to our hotel, at Yonge, Bloor and Charles streets. These two are the tallest residential towers in Toronto. In the southermost part of Yonge St, you will since 2015 find the L Tower, a curved 58-storey condo glass building designed by Daniel Liebeskind, right next to the Sony Centre for Performing Arts.


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Hockey Hall of Fame

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YONGE ST BY NIGHT:

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CASA LOMA:
- Sir Henry Pellatt's castle, Casa Loma neighbourhood, North Toronto


To the North of central Toronto you find Casa Loma, an impressive house in gothic revival style. This is Toronto's own castle, formerly a mansion by Sir Henry Pellatt, built 1909-14. Pellatt became rich by providing electricity to Toronto's citizens. After Pellatt went bankrupt due to bad housing speculations, the city of Toronto bought it in 1937. Casa Loma has 98 rooms on seven floors. The grandiose interior is open to public (Grand Hall, bedrooms, bathrooms, garage, gardens etc), and can be visit. The exterior is quirky and features towers that look like they come from a medieval German castle. The architect, E.J. Lennox, also designed other famous Toronto landmarks. The Grand Hall is the center of the building, a two-storey atrium with expensive furniture. The Oak Room, Windsor Room, the library, Sir Henry's suite, mrs Pellatt's suite, bathrooms, the terrace, several other rooms and the gardens can all be visited. The rooms are complete with furniture, and you will find music instruments here and there. In the Oak Room you find a wing for example, and in the Grand Hall an organ. There is an exhibition about Toronto's past dark side, such at poverty and the great fire, in the somewhat creepy tunnels underneath. The tunnels take you to the garage and carriage building, that is situated several blocks away from the castle, and is an impressive building itself. Currently the garage and stable building has an exhibition of 1900s cars and wagons. In the castle there are also exhibitions about sculptures, art, military uniforms and contemporary clothes.

During the years, Casa Loma has been a popular filming location, for example X-Men and Cocktail were filmed there. The neighbourhood around the castle is also called Casa Loma. Casa Loma is very beautiful and a must visit when in Toronto. On a very hot and sunny day, we hopped on the Big Bus double decker, and made a stop at Casa Loma. It is a popular place for weddings, and during our visit there was one wedding. Casa Loma can also be rented, after closing hours.

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Dundas Square: Toronto's attempt at Shibuya.
This area of Toronto has been full of neon, billboards, and over the top advertising for a very long time. It's not attempting to be anyone. All that's happened is that Toronto refreshed, updated, and expanded it for the 21st century.
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You realize this area of Toronto has been full of neon, billboards, and over the top advertising for a very long time. It's not attempting to be anyone. All that's happened is that Toronto refreshed, updated, and expanded it for the 21st century.
I was saying that to head off the inevitable Time Square comparison everyone does by making it clear that other cities have such a thing. (And pointing out it looks far more like Tokyo than New York there.)
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Casa Loma has been turned into a huge haunted house for the Halloween season, I really wanna check it out!
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Casa Loma has been turned into a huge haunted house for the Halloween season, I really wanna check it out!
This must look cool, I'm jealous at your Toronto citizens right now.
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As a person from Malmö, do you feel more of a connection and association with Stockholm due to it being Swedish, or with Copenhagen for its proximity? And which do you personally prefer and why?
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As a person from Malmö, do you feel more of a connection and association with Stockholm due to it being Swedish, or with Copenhagen for its proximity? And which do you personally prefer and why?
I don't want to take away the attention from Toronto, but as you ask I will have to answer. I have only been three times to Stockholm, but a hundred times to Copenhagen so naturally I feel more connection with Copenhagen, it is also more of a continental city, a very nice escape for the day (though Danish is not the easiest language to understand always). Stockholm is very beautiful too but more stiff then Cph, and it is always more relaxing to be abroad, so I would say the Danish capital.

Now when we are talking about it, I take the chance to promote my Copenhagen thread as well:

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YORKVILLE

Yorkville is a posh neighbourhood with some of the most expensive townhouses, condo skyscrapers and brand stores in the country. It is situated in Midtown Toronto, close to downtown, and just a couple of blocks of our hotel. On Yonge St, take west on Yorkville Avenue. Here you find the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, built 2012, where Canada's most expensive penthouse recently was sold, and lots of speciality boutiques. The residence tower of Four Seasons has 55 floors and the hotel tower has 30 floors. Prada, Tiffany, Cartier, Hugo Boss, Bang and Olufsen, Maserati and Ferrari can all be found in Yorkville, many along Bloor Street. This is the area were most celebrities like to go and shop. Here you also find a small fire station, and the ultra luxury Hazelton Hotel, popular among celebrities. At the hotel you find Hazelton Avenue, also posh street with townhouses, leading to the more busy Davenport Road, a road that soon shifts to a somewhat less glamourus character, with a few dull highrise blocks. Originally a separate village, Yorkville was annexed into Toronto in 1883. One Bloor, a 76-storey, 257m tall glass scraper with curved balconies, almost completed during our visit in 2016. It is situated right next in the intersection Bloor St/Yonge St, at the border to Yorkville.
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ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is Canada's largest art museum, and is situated at Bloor St in Yorkville. It is a museum of art, world culture and natural history, established in 1912. In 2007, Daniel Liebeskind designed a significant addition to the museum, the Crystal, that has became a landmark with its sharp angles and deconstructivist style. This odd, cool, futuristic building is a sharp contrast to the adjancent heritage buildings of the museum, and that is where the main entrance is. The facade consists of glass and a special fabricated aluminium.

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I don't want to take away the attention from Toronto, but as you ask I will have to answer. I have only been three times to Stockholm, but a hundred times to Copenhagen so naturally I feel more connection with Copenhagen, it is also more of a continental city, a very nice escape for the day (though Danish is not the easiest language to understand always). Stockholm is very beautiful too but more stiff then Cph, and it is always more relaxing to be abroad, so I would say the Danish capital.

Now when we are talking about it, I take the chance to promote my Copenhagen thread as well:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=225262
That's quite interesting! I looked at the thread and it makes me want to visit the city. In most of the pictures I've seen before, somehow Stockholm seemed more appealing, but I may have mis-judged.

Either they, they both seem quite different than Toronto, so it must have been a real contrast as a visitor.
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That's quite interesting! I looked at the thread and it makes me want to visit the city. In most of the pictures I've seen before, somehow Stockholm seemed more appealing, but I may have mis-judged.

Either they, they both seem quite different than Toronto, so it must have been a real contrast as a visitor.
In some way Stockholm is cleaner, have more open water and more beautiful buildings then Copenhagen but as a Swede the cosmopolitan atmosphere in Copenhagen is more appealing, that we don't have much of here in Sweden.
Yes Toronto is very different from anything in Europe (though parts remind me of London) and thus very exciting, it's more like New York for me, but a bit smaller. Love Toronto!
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CHINATOWN:

Chinatown is very authentic and one of the largest in North America. It was well established already in 1935. Here you find Chinese stores and restaurants, all with typical chinese signs. It is situated around Spadina Avenue and Dundas St West, just northwest of downtown. Formerly it was situated near the City Hall, but it had to move westward because of the construction of the new city hall. Chinese restaurants, bakeries , cheap souvenir shops, grocery stores, markets and malls with colourful chinese signs can be found here. Many visitors compare it to Hong Kong. Old Chinatown as this one is called, is the largest of approximately six chinatowns in Greater Toronto! At Spadina Crescent, a circular traffic circle just at the North borders to Chinatown, there is a significant heritage building, currently under reconstruction. It is a yellow brick gothic revival building, that will host University of Toronto's faculty of architecture, design and lanscape. Royal Museum of Ontario is also bordering Old Chinatown.

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