Sat, Sep 9 2006 - Heritage Toronto Walks 2006 - Toronto Banks (View Original Event Details)
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First of all, I will expand my warm welcome to Cordelier and Neil on board and thank you for joining in my group.
For everybody, hanging around in Toronto Dowtown core is always eye opening and meaningful. You will be amazed by the modern and ancient architecture woven together in this modern city. With this wonders in my mind, we took a tour with Toronto Heritage Group to visit Toronto banks.
The first place we visited is the original Bank Of Montreal which now is Hockey Hall of Fame. It’s located at Yonge and Front Street. It was constructed in 1885 and in 1976 Hockey Hall of Fame relocated to here.
With this image in our mind, we were then following our lead walking along the Young street, we saw another similar building – however, not as fancy as the old BMO but it’s much taller than the previous one. This building is built in 1914 and called Dominion bank. Now it’s merged into Toronto TD bank.
After visiting these two buildings, our lead -Chris saved his words to Commerce Court North building. This is a must - visit building. As Chris introduced that CCN was staring building in 1926 and finished in 1930, Dec. It was the first of a new generation of skyscrapers and the 34-story tower remained the tallest building in the Commonwealth until 1962. Today it is one of the best-loved heritage buildings in the city.
Then we visited the modern archietectures of TD, and Commerce Court West building. Among these modern skyscrapers, Royal Bank building is most distinguished one. Coated by gold – guess how much gold has been spent, the building is glittering its royalty and wealthy in the sun.
The last visit is BCE place. After the CN Tower, BCE Place is the second most distinctive piece of Toronto's skyline. This is an upscale shopping mall. But its design is that of a crystal cathedral of commerce. Designed by Santiago Caltrava, it is 85-feet high, 45-feet wide, and 380-feet from end to end.
After this informative tour, we decided to dine in this decent mall – BCE place, so we can have a better chance to know each other.
Overall, this trip gave us very invaluable information of Toronto Banks evolvement. Hanging out in downtown core we are no longer confused.
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