33-476: The Adelaide Street Court House , or York County Court House, is a historic former courthouse located at 57 Adelaide Street East in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario , Canada. It served as a court house from 1852 until 1900. It currently houses Terroni restaurant. It was designed by the firm of Cumberland and Ridout and built in 1851-1852. It served as York County Court House from 1852 until 1900, when
66-400: A 140 feet (43 m) long facade running along the south side of Front Street. City Hall was moved out of the area in 1899 to what is now Old City Hall before moving once again to its current location . The 1845 city hall was integrated into the St. Lawrence Market South building in 1899. In 1972, the remains of the city hall were converted into the "Market Gallery". The old council chamber
99-465: A brick structure in 1831. This new building extended from King to Front and housed an assembly hall on the upper level. City Council met in this assembly hall from 1834 to 1845. It was damaged in the 1849 great fire along with much of the adjacent area (but not the City Hall.) A remnant of the 1831 building, a stone drainage tunnel, was discovered in the 2015–17 archaeological excavations. A new building
132-526: A new building to be used for the same purposes as the old one. On June 7, 2010, then-Mayor David Miller announced the winners of the design competition for a building to replace the existing North Market. The winning design was by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in a joint venture with Adamson Associates . Richard Rogers of the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners architectural firm is also responsible for Paris ' Centre Georges Pompidou (also known as
165-509: Is a public market in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It hosts a variety of markets, including a farmers' market , an antique market and Christmas trees daily from mid-Nov. to Dec. 24. The site has been a farmer's market since 1803. Several buildings have been built for the Market North, the most recent in 1968. The new Market North structure is now under construction. The St. Lawrence Market combines
198-587: Is actually south of the original site. The Ontario Heritage Trust set up the Parliament Interpretive Centre at Front and Berkeley to provide historical information about this parliament that was destroyed by American troops during the War of 1812. The Centre was open from 2012 to 2015, in remembrance of the 200th anniversary of the war. A Saturday farmers' market began operation at Front and Jarvis in 1803. The current South Market building, south of Front,
231-400: Is all that remains of the original city hall and is located on the gallery's second floor. By 1840, the waterfront was completely taken over by government and merchant wharves. The Esplanade , a 100 feet (30 m)-wide road, was proposed, just south of Front Street, with new water lots made from cribbing and filling of the shore to the south. The waterfront was extended to a survey line from
264-720: Is located in a single storey pre-fabricated fabric structure on the parking lot south of the South Market Building at 125 The Esplanade opened on July 11, 2015. The temporary site will be used pending the completion of the permanent structure on Front Street. Market Lane Park is located on the west side of the North Market Building and St. Lawrence Hall . With the closure of (formerly West Market as well as Market Square as Market Street ran on southside - now known as The Esplanade) Market Street between King and Front Streets, under City of Toronto By-laws 291-67 and 40-70,
297-414: Is open Tuesday through Saturday, selling foods and other goods. The North Market building hosted a farmers' market on Saturdays and a flea market on Sundays until its demolition in 2016, at which time they both moved to a temporary building south of The Esplanade . A new, larger North Market Building is being built on the original site, with planned completion in 2021. In 1834, Toronto's first city hall
330-593: Is the Flatiron building , known for its distinct narrow, wedge shape where Wellington St. merges with Front. Built in 1892, it was the first of this type of building constructed in North America. If viewed from the east, the wedge can be seen in the foreground with the financial skyscrapers and the CN tower rising in the background. While many of the old industrial buildings along Front Street east of Jarvis have been demolished since
363-491: The Canadian National railway embankment. The Esplanade off Yonge St., lined with restaurants, cafés and hotels runs through the middle of the area. In previous times, the area was sometimes referred to as 'St. Lawrence Ward' or more often today as ' St. Lawrence Market ', synonymous with the large retail vendor market which is the neighbourhood's focal point. The area is the site of a large city-sponsored housing project of
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#1732901838809396-597: The 1950s, several old industrial buildings remain, including old meat-packing plants from the 1800s. Several have been converted into lofts or commercial space. Front Street is lined on both sides with restaurants. At the intersection of Front and Yonge are two performing arts houses, the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts , Toronto's "centennial" project and Meridian Hall . 43°38′56″N 79°22′19″W / 43.649°N 79.372°W / 43.649; -79.372 St. Lawrence Market North St. Lawrence Market North
429-626: The 1970s, which revitalized an old brownfields area. The boundaries of the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association and the St Lawrence Market BIA are somewhat larger than those noted above. Both groups have boundaries that extend from Yonge to Parliament Streets and Queen Street East to the rail corridor. The town of York was founded in 1793, on a site of ten blocks north of Front Street between George and Berkeley streets, in present day Old Town, Toronto . Much of
462-457: The North building, the St. Lawrence Hall and the St. Lawrence Market South building. A market has operated at King St. and Jarvis St. since the area was designated the "Market Block" by Upper Canada Lieutenant-Governor Peter Hunter in 1803. The first permanent farmers' market building was built on the south side of King Street at Jarvis Street shortly after. It was enclosed in 1820 and replaced by
495-471: The Pompidou Centre). The proposed new building was four stories tall and would feature an arcade and will be a complex of three buildings. The new building includes office space which will be used for municipal courts and a 250-space parking garage underground. The project schedule first envisioned a completion in 2018. The 1968 building was slated to be demolished late 2010, but City Council balked at
528-552: The area of today's St. Lawrence neighbourhood was then located in Toronto Harbour , the shoreline being just south of Front Street. The area was infilled to provide more land for port and industrial uses adjacent. St. Lawrence was the first industrial area of York. The first parliament buildings in Upper Canada in 1793 were constructed on the southwest corner of Parliament and Front Street . The buildings have long since gone from
561-541: The city's decision to close Market Street to vehicular traffic. A Sunday Variety Market and New Antique Market have replaced it. There is also an outdoor Christmas trees and holiday green market offered daily from mid-November to December 24. In the early 2000s, the City of Toronto did a review of the Market's operations and determined that the North building would have to be replaced. The City held an architectural competition for
594-622: The courts moved to Toronto City Hall . The building was later home to The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto . In recent years, it housed the Courthouse Market and Grill restaurant, which closed in 2007. The upper-level event space was relaunched in March 2007 as a jazz nightclub called Live@Courthouse. The main courthouse space reopened in December 2007 as a location of Terroni, a small local chain of Southern Italian-style trattorias . Terroni took over
627-508: The escalating cost of the project. This led to changes to the design to reduce the cost. The updated design is for a five-story building with a central atrium, connected to St. Lawrence Hall. The ground floor is 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) and the building will also have 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) of office space and 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) of space for courts. In 2013, City Council approved an overall project budget of CA$ 91.5 million . After
660-558: The point of the Gooderham windmill west to a point due east of the old Fort Rouillé . Ostensibly for carriages and carts, the roadway eventually became primarily the route for rail lines in the central core. In exchange for 40 feet (12 m) of the Esplanade, the railways underwrote the infilling of the harbour. The Esplanade and infill project was completed by 1865. Commercial activity along Toronto's bustling harbour provided employment and
693-529: The site, but a discovery was made in 2000 when a quick dig of the property revealed the old parliament building footings, in addition to some pottery from that time. The City of Toronto and the Government of Ontario now own most of the property. There is a marker for the First Parliament Buildings at Parliament Square Park, West of Parliament Street, East of Berkeley, and South of Front. The marker
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#1732901838809726-451: The south of the Esplanade. This left the current section between Yonge and Berkeley Street. By the 1960s, the industrial uses of the area had declined, leaving numerous empty sites and decrepit buildings. In the 1970s it was decided by Toronto Mayor David Crombie to turn the area into a new residential neighbourhood, but one that would not make the same mistakes of the " urban renewal " housing projects of earlier decades. The neighbourhood
759-419: The temporary site was built in 2015, the 1968 North building was closed. The City commissioned archaeological studies on the site, to determine if there was anything archaeologically significant present on the site, which was first developed in 1804. Artifacts were found by excavating part of the foundation in 2015, including sewer brickworks, foundations and cellars. The finds meant that a further in-depth study
792-452: The upper levels in November 2016 and is now a four-floor restaurant. 43°39′03″N 79°22′32″W / 43.650878°N 79.375623°W / 43.650878; -79.375623 St. Lawrence, Toronto St. Lawrence is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The area, a former industrial area, is bounded by Yonge , Front , and Parliament Streets, and
825-495: The urban design work of George Baird . Many of the developments were not completed until well into the 1990s. Since that time, the St. Lawrence neighbourhood has been critically acclaimed as a major success in urban planning. In many ways, it has become the model for the design and planning of new urban communities across North America. Some of the most interesting architecture in the city can be found in St. Lawrence, one notable landmark
858-448: The year when the recommended contractor failed to meet the requirements of the tender. On May 15, 2019, City Council approved the awarding of a contract for construction to Buttcon Limited / The Atlas Corporation Joint Venture. Construction restarted on July 9, 2019. The market was expected to be completed in summer 2023 but later revised to fall 2024. In July 2024, it was reported that the City
891-506: Was behind on a $ 9.5 million payment for design changes made by a city manager in 2008. During the construction of the new building, the Saturday and Sunday North Market vendors are selling from a location (Green P parking lot) one block south on the Esplanade. The vendors vacated the North building in June 2015 to allow for demolition and re-development of a new market structure. The temporary market
924-489: Was built in 1851 abutting the new St. Lawrence Hall on King Street but with its main entrance facing Front Street. This building lasted until 1904 when it was demolished by order of the Market Commission and replaced by a building designed to match the recently completed South building. A canopy ran over Front Street connecting the north and south markets until it was removed in 1954. A new one-storey north market building
957-515: Was built in 1968 and was in operation until 2015, when the market moved to a temporary facility at 125 The Esplanade. The Farmers' Market, the largest in Toronto, is held on Saturdays starting at 5 am. The Sunday Antique Market operated weekly for 31 years until 2022 when the owner relocated it to Small Arms Munitions Building (Arsenal Lands) at Lakeshore Park in Mississauga, Ontario in protest of
990-426: Was built on the southwest corner of King St. East & Jarvis St. at the old 'Market' building from 1834 (the year of Toronto's incorporation from the former town of York) to 1844. This building was damaged during the great fire of 1849 and replaced with the grandiose St. Lawrence Hall and a market building (today's North Market). A larger city hall, also housing a police station and jail cells, opened in 1845 with
1023-502: Was required. This study was done after the demolition of the 1968 building, which occurred in 2016. The team led by Peter Popkin, senior archaeologist with Golder Associates, found various artefacts, including knives, ceramics and butchers’ hooks. An exhibit on the archaeological dig was presented at the Market Gallery in the south building. An award of the contract to build the building was finally made in 2018, but rescinded later in
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1056-459: Was the primary place of entry to the quickly growing, burgeoning city. The convergence of the railway lines and the wharves must have worked because in 1873 historian Henry Scadding so eloquently wrote in his book Old Toronto of The Esplanade "...It has done for Toronto what the Thames Embankment has done for London..." In the 1920s, the railway lines were relocated to a new, raised viaduct to
1089-516: Was to be integrated into the city with no clear boundaries. It would contain a mix of commercial and residential as with both subsidized and market-oriented housing, mostly rowhouse or low-rise apartments. The neighbourhood was planned by Alan Littlewood and Frank Lewinberg, with the influence of American-Canadian urban planner Jane Jacobs playing a crucial role. Design guidelines prepared by Eberhard Zeidler were deemed too modern by planners and politicians and were not implemented, replaced instead by
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