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If that title makes you think back to "One little chair for one of you, and a bigger chair for two to curl up in, and for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair in the middle."... then you need to visit the CBC Museum in, not surprisingly, the CBC building. There is, of course, more than just the Friendly Giant to look at - lots of memories of CBC Radio and TV of days gone by. Leave a Comment Address: 250 Front St. WestDirections: Right across the road from the Toronto convention centre between John and Simcoe Streets. (West of University Ave)Website: http://www.cbc.ca/museum/index.html
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You can't miss the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) if you love classical. TSO was established in 1922 and has welcomed famous artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, Jessye Norman, Karen Kain, and actor Christopher Plummer.
If you're under 29, you and a friend can enjoy the performances for only $12 per person! More info can be found here.
Most of the TSO concerts are held in the Roy Thomson Hall. Built in 1982, it's a place for not only classical, but also for jazz and pop performances. The Hall went under a $20 million acoustic renovation in 2002. Leave a Comment Directions: A block west of University Avenue on King Street. Get off at St Andrew subway station.Website: http://www.tso.on.ca/
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This is a historic 2,200-seat Canon Theatre which started as a movie theatre was called Pantages Theatre in the 1920s.
It was the new owners who changed the name of the theatre in 2001 to The Canon Theatre.
The theatre hosted production like Fame Becomes Me, Monty Python's Spamalot, the Broadway musical Wicked, and the ever popular The Phantom of the Opera.
You may purchase tickets online using the linkpage I provided below. Directions: Between Queen St. West, University, Gardiner expresway and Spadina Avenue. South of the Dundas Subway stop, on the Yonge Street line. It is also just a short walk north of the Queen stop.Website: http://www.mirvish.com/OurTheatres/Canon.html
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A few years ago the streets of Toronto were filled with 326 magnificent moose scultures. The moose have left the city now, as they were all auctioned off, but a few of them still remain in the city :-)
Unfortunately I haven't seen the moose during the major event in 2000, they all look so crazy and so much fun. but I was happy to find this one moose sculpture in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It is the Global Moose by artist Fraser Paterson.
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Close to the CN tower on Front Street you can find this beautiful sculpture. It's is made by artist Ruth Abernethy.
The sculpture is a life-size bronze portrait of pianist Glenn Gould. The unveiling was in September 1999, following a closing concert for the Glenn Gould Gathering. The portrait is based on an original photograph by Don Hunstein.
Leave a Comment Directions: Front Street, close to the CN tower
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Close to the St.Andrew's Church you can find this piece of art. It's called Lineal Order and it's by George Boileau, 1990.
It contains of three pieces : A statue of a man, a statue of little boy and the silhouet of a man on the wall.
Leave a Comment Directions: Close to the St.Andrew's Church on Simcoe Street
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I love seeing sculptures in the city and taking photos of them, so you'll see quite many of them on this Toronto page. I think Toronto has quite a few beautiful pieces of art in its streets. One of the sculptures that I love is the one at the south Entrance of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It is “Woodpecker Column” by Fastwürms 1997. It's a huge work of art with two woodpeckers on a giant pole made of steel pipe and glass and is 6 x 100 ft.
Leave a Comment Directions: South entrance of the Convention Centre at Bremner Blvd
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Snom'n, Fastwürms, June 29, 1997
This is also a statue in front of the Convention Centre. You can actually see the woodpacker column in the background. I love snowman so how can I not like this statue :-)
But there are many more statues located throughout the City of Toronto. There are over 150 pieces of outdoor public art and historical monuments. They are situated in city parks, subway stations, and on the grounds of municipal buildings. So keep your eyes open and you will spot some beautiful works of art during your visit to Toronto.
Leave a Comment Directions: South entrance of the Convention Centre at Bremner Blvd
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The next sculpture is actually only a few steps away from the Glenn Gould sculpture. It is the West Simcoe Park Worker Monument which honours the memory of Ontario workers who have lost their lives as a result of workplace injury or disease.
The monument has two parts :
The first part is '100 workers' by John Scott, it is a series of 100 bronze plaques topping a granite wall. Each plaque represents a year between 1901 and 2000. The first 99 are each engraved with the name and cause of death of one worker who died that year. The year 2000 plaque is blank.....
The blank plaque is kind of creepy as it makes you think what tragedy will claim its next victim. It's not a monument that makes you smile, but it does make you think. The plaques say things like, fell off a building, crushed by a train....
While I was reading this some teenagers tried to use the wall for their skateboards to do some stunts..... the teenagers were so alive, so cheerful, having a whole life in front of them..... When I looked down again at the monument, a rememberance of death, pain, lives gone by..... such a contradiction.... I didn't know what to do with it.... confusing.... life and death so close....
It also made me wonder... does anyone ever read this? does anyone ever think what happened to these people? Why did they to die such a seemingly unnessacery death.... why...
The second part is 'Anonymity of Prevention' by Derek Lo and Lana Winkler. This is a life-size sculpture (see photo) that depicts a construction worker wearing proper safety equipment chiseling a message on the granite wall: "Remembering our past…building a safe future."
Leave a Comment Directions: Front Street at Simcoe Park
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This picture is taken from the top floor of the Convention Centre. From up here you have a good view on the woodpeckers itself. I love them! So much fun to see these huge woodpeckers in the middle of a city like Toronto.
The sculpture is fun at night as well as there are coloured glass circles in the steel pole that light up at night. You can see a picture of that in my nightlife tips.
Leave a Comment Directions: South entrance of the Convention Centre at Bremner Blvd
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