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The original Toronto sign at night in 2018 Toronto Sign with Toronto City Hall and Old City Hall in the background in July 2024. The Toronto Sign is an illuminated three-dimensional sign in Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that spells the city's name. [1]
The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel , the building opened in 1965.
Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and is named after Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. [3]
Toronto's Old City Hall was one of the largest buildings in Toronto and the largest civic building in North America upon completion in 1899. [3] It was the burgeoning city's third city hall. [4] It housed Toronto's municipal government and courts for York County and Toronto, taking over from the Adelaide Street Court House.
Nathan Phillips Square is the city's main square in downtown, contains the Toronto Sign, [137] and forms the entrance to City Hall. Yonge–Dundas Square , near City Hall, has also gained attention in recent years as one of the busiest gathering spots in the city.
The existing city halls of the various municipalities were retained by the new corporation for various purposes. The City of York's civic centre became a court office. The existing 1965 City Hall of Toronto became the city hall of the amalgamated city, while Metro Hall, the seat of the former Metro government, is used as municipal office space.
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English: The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. . Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell (with Heikki Castrén, Bengt Lundsten, and Seppo Valjus) and landscape architect Richard Strong, and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1