Toronto Landmarks Photo Gallery

Canada Life Building

Queen's Park - Legislative Building

The legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto is where members of the Ontario legislature (Members of Provincial Parliament -- also called MPPs) from across the province come together to talk about issues, make decisions and pass laws.

Canada Permanent Building

Officially opened on April 7, 1930, the Canada Permanent Building is located in the heart of Toronto's financial district. It was constructed at the beginning of the Depression, but the use of materials and sense of craftsmanship is very apparent. F. Hilton Wilkes' design for the skyscraper was influenced by classical architecture. Of particular note in the Corinthian columns are the Canadian symbols of wheat sheaves and fleurs-de-lys. The grand Romanesque entrance is magnificent with its coffered vault flanked by fluted pilasters. The Banking Hall was restored to its former grandeur by CIBC Mellon between May and December 2001. Recent additions include the chandeliers, designed as replicas of the originals. Their circular design is Art Deco, another gesture of the Art Deco style of the building.

Gooderham Flatiron Building

This wedge-shaped Victorian landmark, designed by architect David Roberts Jr., was built for financier George Gooderham in 1892 to serve as administrative offices for the Gooderham and Worts Distillery and other family business interests. Dominating the intersection of Wellington, Church and Front Streets, it is a rare example of 'flat-iron' architectural form. The property is protected by a City By-law under the Ontario Heritage Act. It is designated for its architectural value as a notable example of a building by an important Toronto architect working in a combination of the modern Gothic Revival and the Romanesque Revival styles. Located in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, 49 Wellington Street East contains 20,000 square feet of retail and office space.

OCAD

OCAD's new Sharp Centre for Design, dubbed a "flying rectangle" by its acclaimed British architect Will Alsop, hovers 26 meters in the air on 12, nine-storey-high stilts of steel. The pixilation effect of the building's exterior cladding camouflages the windows and blurs the scale of the table-top making it impossible to tell when one floor begins or ends.

The 60-thousand-square-foot Sharp Centre for Design was built much like half a suspension bridge. The central elevator core, which provides the primary support, is equivalent to a tower at one end of a bridge. The legs, approximately ten storeys high, are equivalent to suspension cables. They are hollow and made of steel approximately 1" thick. Each leg weighs 18,000 pounds. The Sharp Centre for Design is part of a $42.5 million building expansion at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), Canada's oldest and largest university of art and design.

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Classroom Facilities

Osgoode Hall

For more than a century, Osgoode Hall Law School, which was founded in 1889 by the Law Society of Upper Canada and became affiliated with York University in 1968, has led the most important developments in Canadian legal education.

Stained Glass Windows

One King West

One King West is a condominium skyscraper located in downtown Toronto. Across the street from Canada's 2nd tallest skyscraper - Scotia Plaza, the building sits on top of the landmark 1912 "Dominion Bank" head office, which is being renovated into apartments and townhouses. A highrise of 51 levels is being built above the historical building.

CBC

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions.