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Posted: 11 Aug 2023

Taken: 03 Jun 2012

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Old City Hall, Toronto

Old City Hall, Toronto
The west elevation of Old City Hall, Toronto (1899, E, J, Lennox). Construction began in 1889, so that may be the date commemorated by the plaque.

The women are on the observation deck around Nathan Phillips Square, which is opposite Old City Hall, so the ground floor is out of shot.

In the late 1940s Toronto City Council was obsessed with replacing downtown with modernist architecture and planned to tear Old City Hall down. The enraged citizenry prevented them, but unfortunately not before the once magnificent interior had been gutted.

More photos of Old City Hall:
www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1192798

Will S., Nouchetdu38, Marco F. Delminho, Keith Burton and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo

7 comments - The latest ones
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful architectural details.
8 months ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent architectural shot!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
8 months ago.
 John Lawrence
John Lawrence
Thanks for posting your wonderful picture to

www.ipernity.com/group/buildings
8 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to John Lawrence
You're welcome, John. All the best for the weekend.
8 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A really beautiful looking building...............I really like the colour of the stonework and the ornate detail. The light is lovely and the women give a sense of scale. Very nicely captured John.

Thanks for the link to the other photos...........it really is a magnificent building. I'm amazed anyone even considered demolishing it..!!
8 months ago. Edited 8 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Have a good weekend.
8 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Thanks, Keith. Toronto City Council and its successors have long been haunted by the idea that Toronto is not hip enough (the fact is they're the ones who aren't hip enough). After WWII they realized that Toronto didn't have much modernist architecture, so they decided to tear down the old buildings and replace them with modernist ones. This fear of being unhip continues to dominate municipal government in Toronto, as a result of which they keep approving buildings of dubious design quality to show how open they are to the new and exciting. Except the buildings are never exciting. And after 78 years of trying, there are still few real modernist buildings in Toronto.
8 months ago. Edited 8 months ago.

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