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City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: To the millions who struggled
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The Freedom Arches were constructed in 1989 and contains a piece of the Berlin wall. This area is a nice place to visit.

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  • Address: 100 Queen St. W.
  • Directions: see website below
  • Website: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: Justice Department
    The Old City Hall now houses Toronto's Law Courts & the Justice Department.

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: The Sky Eye
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    Toronto city hall the sky eye
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    The city hall consists of two office towers, the East and West Tower. If you go for a helicopter ride over these buildings, it looks like a giant eye.

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  • Address: 100 Queen Street West
  • Directions: see website below
  • Website: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/city_hall_tour/index.htm

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: New Toronto City Hall
    New Toronto City Hall and Nathan Philips Square - Toronto
    New Toronto City Hall and
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    The futuristic-looking complex was the result of a massive international competition in 1958. Two City Hall towers of differing height, and curved! But there is a logic to it all: an aerial view of the New City Hall shows a circular council chamber sitting like an eye between the two tower "eyelids." Hours: Weekdays 8:30-4:30. opening in 1965

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  • Address: 100 Queen Street West

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: City Hall & Nathan Phillip Square
    City Hall & Nathan Phillip Square - Toronto
    City Hall & Nathan Phillip
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    The two curved buildings of City Hall are the most unique among all buildings at downtown Toronto area. In front of it is the spacious Nathan Phillip Square, which is often used to host many public events, such as the annual New Year Eve countdown party. In winter, the pool is transformed into an ice skating rink. While you are there, don't miss the opportunity to go inside and have a tour of this amazing building.

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  • Directions: Go west on Queen St. after exiting the Queen St. subway station

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: City Hall
    This area has some great architechture, and the skylines views are amazing

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  • Directions: Adelaide St

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: Old City Hall
    This is, as my sister would say, personal preference, but I think that Toronto's old City Hall is far prettier and more appropriate for a world class city than the current City Hall. Then again, that's just me. The Old buildings are located just across Bay Street from the new ones, so you can see both in a matter of minutes. It is currently a courthouse (so consider yourself lucky if you're not visiting the interior). The structure itself is in Romanesque revival style and was begun in 1889by architect E.J. Lennox. It was used as a City Hall between 1899 and 1966 (when administration was moved to Nathan Philips Square). The cenotaph, in front of the steps, is a memorial to those soldiers who lost their lives in the two World Wars and the Korean War, and is frequently the site of Remembrance Day ceremonies on November 11.

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  • Address: 60 Queen Street West
  • Directions: Just beside the Eaton Centre

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: City Hall
    Toronto City Hall is one of Toronto's best known landmarks. Its stunning, modernist structure makes it an ideal symbol of a dynamic and growing city. Facing City Hall, you can see the rounded structure that houses the Council Chamber, with the curved towers rising on each side. The tower on the left (west) is 20 floors tall. The east tower is higher, containing 27 floors. In all, there are 8,700 square metres of plate glass in City Hall. If you can imagine flying overhead in a plane or helicopter, you would notice that the building looks like an eye between two eyelids. How appropriate for the focal point of the city!

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: New City Hall
    Toronto's new City Hall, located in Nathan Philips Square, is not nearly as enchanting as its old City Hall, which just across Bay Street (see my tip on that). The new buildings have a distinctly modern and ugly feel to them, and they tower over the surrounding area (although not the skyline, as the skyscrapers of the financial district usually block them out). In any case, this is the place for civil weddings and the like, and it is usually the scene of festivities paid for by the municipality during statutory holidays like Canada Day and New Year's Eve. There is usually a holiday display here as well. On part of the grounds you will also find a Peace Garden, with memorials for Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Pope John Paul II as well as a dedicatory plaque from Queen Elizabeth II. During the summer there are usually free shows (art, multicultural displays, etc.) that are organized by the city.

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  • Address: Bay and Queen Streets
  • Directions: On Queen Street between Queen and Osgoode subway stops

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    City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square: Old Toronto City Hall
    View from the New City Hall's Square

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