Tour Route Stop 18. 15 Consumers’ Gas building St. Lawrence Hall 17. Toronto St. Post Office 5. First Canadian Place 14. St. Lawrence Market 6. Scotia Bank 16. St. James Cathedral 13. Beardmore Bldg. 7. CIBC – old & new 4. Toronto Dominion Centre 12. Flatiron Building 8. BCE Place 11. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 10. St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts 2. Fairmont Royal York 9. Hockey Hall of Fame 1. Union Station 3. Royal Bank Plaza Start History of Architecture Assignment 2: Toronto Architectural Walking Tour (Week TBD) (Time: approx. 2½ hrs) (Place: Inside the Union Station’s Main Hall) 1. Join or create a group, email the name of your group together with the list of the members joining your team: 2. Make a 3 - 4 minute LIVELY presentation regarding the building assigned to your group 3. Talk (DO NOT READ) about the history(trivia), Owner Architect, Architectural Style, Architectural construction techniques and materials Significance of the structure to the cityscape 4. Bring your cameras and take pictures of the Architectural Treasures we will find around 5. Prepare a 1 page write-up(no pictures) about the building you reported on 6. Check with your professor of further details about this tour Tour Route
Toronto Tour Highlights
Front Street after the Toronto Fire, April 19, 1904 Photographer unknown Black and white print Edwin C. Guillet collection Reference Code: F 2178-1-0-22, S 5198 Archives of Ontario, I0006700
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Area_of_Great_Toronto_Fire_of_1904_showing_the_Wholesale_district_affected_%28MAPS-R-71%29.jpg
1. Union Station
2. Fairmont Royal York
3. Royal Bank Tower
4. Toronto Dominion Centre
5. First Canadian Place http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2011/02/update-first-canadian-place-re-cladding
6. Scotia Bank http://torontodp.blogspot.ca/2012/11/details-in-relief.html
7. CIBC – old & new http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/25/canadas-banking-giants-headed-for-earnings-iceberg/
8. BCE Place
9. Hockey Hall of Fame
10. St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts http://www.lostrivers.ca/content/points/StLawrencecentre.html
11. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
12. Flatiron Building
13. Beardmore Bldg.
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14. St. Lawrence Market
15. St. Lawrence Hall
16. St. James’ Cathedral
17. Toronto St. Post Office
18. Consumers' Gas Building