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EST ONTO W WN TOR OLD TO Where downtown meets Old Town: a story on every corner. N 1 Queen Street East Ber ti St Richmond Street East Lombard St 2 Adelaide Street East 4 Jar Tor vis Vic Court Sq onto 7 Street tor 5 ia S St Court St Church St W t 3 6 E King Street East reet Leade Yon 9 8 ge St r L ane reet Colborne St 1O Low Wellington Street East Mark 11 12 er J Farqu Scot et arvi St t S hars s S t tre East Ln Street Front 13 et 14 Wilton St 15 e splanad The E S Legend_ 1 Metroplitan United Church 6 St. James Cathedral 11 St. Lawrence Market South Bus, Streetcar Route Architectural/ Historical 2 Ontario Heritage Centre 7 St. James Park 12 Flatiron Building & Berczy Park Subway Station Interest 3 10 Toronto Street 8 Sculpture Garden 13 The Dixon Building Hospital d Nixon Outdoor Art, 4 York County Courthouse 9 St. Lawrence Hall 14 St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Statues & 5 Courthouse Square 10 St. Lawrence Market North 15 Hummingbird Centre Municipal Parking Structures riting: Edwar One-way Street W Greenspace EST ONTO W WN TOR OLD TO Where downtown meets Old Town: a story on every corner. Points of interest 1 Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen met on the second floor: Sergei 8 Sculpture Garden (115 King Street East) Street East) Beginning as Metropolitan Rachmaninov and Pablo Cassals came Opened in 1981, Toronto’s public Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1868 to play, Sir Wilfred Laurier (later Prime sculpture garden features changing and completed in 1872, it was known Minister of Canada) lectured, and the exhibits by artists who are often as Canada’s “cathedral of Methodism”. Group of Seven formed here. Today, experimenting with outdoor exhibits. With the founding of the United it is as an upscale restaurant and The park provides a stunning view of Church of Canada (the country’s largest night club. the St. James Cathedral spire. protestant denomination) in 1925, it 5 Courthouse Square (Court Street) A 9 St. Lawrence Hall (157 King Street East) was rededicated as Metropolitan City park with fountains, rose arbour, Opened in 1850 the hall retains its United. Sparing only the tower and the and sculpture installation 19th century charm with its famous carillon, fire severely damaged the commemorating the area’s original use gas-lit ballroom on the third floor. Key church in 1928. Rebuilt in 1929 on as a courthouse and jail. Leaders of parts of the hall’s history are noted on the original foundations, it became the 1837 Rebellion were put on the a series of plaques in the main lobby: home to Canada’s largest organ, which gallows here. Public hangings were not including the building’s role as part of is featured today in regular services outlawed in Canada until 1868, and the Underground Railroad and a centre and public recitals. the last hanging in Canada was in for the abolitionists campaigning 2 Ontario Heritage Centre (10 Adelaide 1962 at Toronto’s Don Jail. (Gerrard against slavery, such as George Brown Street) Built in 1907. Original home & Broadview). (father of Confederation and co- of the Canadian Birkbeck Investments founder of The Globe & Mail). 6 St. James Cathedral (65 Church Street) and Savings Company. It now houses Completed in 1853, this is the third 10 St. Lawrence Market North (92 Front the Ontario Heritage Foundation. The church on this site; the original frame Street East) The market began on this building has one of only three operator- building dating from 1803 was the site in 1803 and today’s building hosts run, cage elevators remaining in Town of York’s first. Today, it is the a Farmers Market every Saturday and Toronto. Parts of the movie Cinderella cathedral for the Anglican Diocese of an Antique Market every Sunday. Man (2005) were shot here. Toronto. The tower and spire of St. Market Lane Park runs parallel to the 3 Toronto’s Seventh Post Office (10 James rises 93 metres above King building on its east side and features Toronto Street) Designed by Street and is the second tallest in outdoor vendors from May through Cumberland and Ridout in the classic North America. Its Parish House on October. www.stlawrencemarket.com Greek revival style, it was opened in Church Street has a small, public 11 St. Lawrence Market South (93 Front 1853 as Toronto’s Seventh Post Office. museum featuring exhibits relating to Street East) The main building was In 1960, it was saved from demolition the church’s role in Toronto’s history. built in 1901 and includes the centre and completely renovated by Argus www.stjamescathedral.on.ca block of Toronto’s first City Hall built in Corporation later controlled by Conrad 7 St. James Park The grounds were 1845 and designed by Henry Bowyer Black whose Hollinger Corporation is originally the church’s cemetery where Lane. The Market is open Tuesday headquartered here. many of the town’s first settlers were through Saturday and features 4 York County Courthouse (57 Adelaide buried, as were the thousands who fell specialty foods, butchers, and fish Street East) Built in 1852 as Toronto’s to the 1832 cholera epidemic. The vendors. Walking tours are offered 3rd county courthouse, it is also a park now features a formal Victorian Wednesday to Saturday at 10 AM. The Greek revival building designed by Garden, with wrought-iron fencing and Market Gallery, located on the second Cumberland and Ridout. The building a bird fountain. It is a great place to floor, features exhibitions on the housed courts and basement cells for take pictures of St. Lawrence Hall and history and culture of Toronto: prisoners. The Arts and Letters Club the Cathedral. admission is free. (now on Elm Street) was founded and www.stlawrencemarket.com EST ONTO W Where downtown meets Old Town: a story on every corner. WN TOR OLD TO How to get there Points of interest By TTC: There are many TTC routes serving Old Town Toronto.Exit the Queen or King subway stations and walk east one block. From Broadview Subway station 12 Flatiron Building & Berczy Park building is now home to a take the 504 streetcar south to King Street, getting off (Church, Wellington, Front) restaurant on the main floor at Jarvis, Church or Victoria streets. Built in 1892, the Gooderham and a bar on the lower level. Building was the business 14 St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts headquarters of the Gooderham (27 Front Street East) Home to and Worts distilling company. the Jane Mallet and Bluma The “Flatiron” nick-name Appel theatres, the STLC is comes from its shape one of Toronto’s premier theatre resembling an iron of the day. It and chamber music venues. is arguably Toronto’s most CanStage performs its photographed spot. On its west mainstage productions in the side it has a noted mural “Bluma.” www.stlc.com created by Canadian artist Derek Besant which can be 15 Hummingbird Centre (1 Front easily viewed from Berczy Park. Street East) Designed by Peter Dickinson in the modernist The Dixon Building (45-49 Front 13 style, the theatre opened in Street East) Toronto’s only 1960 with a production of By Car: Exit the Don Valley Parkway at Richmond Street remaining example of a totally Camelot staring Richard Burton and proceed west to Jarvis. Exit the Gardiner cast-iron façade, a 19th and Julie Andrews. The centre Expressway westbound at Yonge Street and proceed to century “state-of-the-art” is noted for its famous mural The Esplanade. Exit the Gardiner Expressway technique, enabling buildings The Seven Lively Arts by York eastbound at Jarvis proceed north to The Esplanade. to have elaborate façades at low Wilson, located in the main On-street, pay and display parking is available along cost. The look has often been lobby. www.hummingbirdcentre.com with the city’s largest “Green P” Parking Garage compared to carved stone. The accessible from Yonge or Jarvis streets via The Esplanade – entrance at the foot of Church Street. Why you should go welcoming urban streetscape. Locals and The Esplanade from Church to Scott Street visitors stroll past home furnishing and is known for its wide sidewalks and ample There is a story on every corner: Toronto’s design shops, unique cafes, welcoming pubs patios, favoured by the after work crowd. first public well, oldest Market, original City and fine restaurants.The best of old and new Front Street between Scott and Jarvis jail; and Toronto’s most photographed await you in Old Town Toronto (west). Streets is known for specialty items, home view–the Flatiron building with the furnishings, books, and its year ‘round gleaming bank towers in the background. Christmas store; and of course the South The neighbourhood has the best of What to do St. Lawrence Market for its famous selec- Toronto’s history while capturing all of its Saturday at St. Lawrence Market has been a tion of fresh food and gourmet treats. contemporary energy. Home to theatres and Toronto tradition since 1803 and “meet me Wellington Street west of Church Street has concert venues, famous for its pubs and at the market” is a local idiom. Buy fresh a row of bars, clubs and dining establish- patios, with a wide array of bars and fine food from local producers and growers in the ments to meet a variety of tastes and budg- restaurants, all anchored by St. Lawrence Farmers Market and experience “old world” ets. Just north, Colborne Street’s heritage Market–selected by Food & Wine Magazine personal service and get the “story” behind façade frames cafés, pubs and fine dining as one of the 25 best markets in the world! the products.