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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
One of Toronto’s more inconspicuous attractions in Toronto is the Summerhill Liquor Store located on Yonge Street and Scrivener Square. Over the last decade the building and surrounding plot has been transformed to house the largest collection of booze in Canada (35,000 sq. foot) as well as preserving the history of the railway station that once occupied the location.
Photo: Summerhill Liquor Store
The former North Toronto or Summerhill CPR Station was part of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was built in 1916 to transport people to communities across the city and the suburbs. Due to the opening of Union station in 1926, combined with the hard times of the great depression, the building was closed in 1930. In 1939 it opened briefly to accomodate King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth.
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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
Casa Loma is one of Toronto’s biggest tourist destinations and has been in operation as a museum since 1937. It is located in the neighbourhood of South Hill just off Spadina Rd., South of St. Clair Ave.
The first plans to construct Casa Loma were in 1911 when eccentric millionaire Sir Henry Pellatt decided to act upon his dream of building a medieval castle. The building cost $3.5 million to build, and took 300 men over 3 years to complete. It was his homage to the castles he had seen in his travels overseas. Architect E.J. Lennox was called upon to design the castle, equipping it with battle-ready structures and hidden passageways, staying true to the re-creation.
Photo: The round room below the tower
Around the time of World War 1 Sir Henry Pellatt’s business and funds were almost all dried up. He owed millions of dollars to the government and his attempt at a further expansion of Casa Loma plunged him even further into debt. In 1924 Pellatt and his wife moved to their farm house while the fate of his dream castle was decided. After a brief stint as a hotel and a night time hotspot the depression hit and the fate of the castle was once again up for grabs.
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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
Located inside Toronto’s Police Museum & Discovery Centre is located in the lobby of Police Headquarters at 40 College St. It is a not-for-profit registered Charity that was built, and is run, off of private donations. Admission is free but donations collected on site, profits from the gift shop, and private donations help fund the day to day operation of the museum.
I got a chance to chat with their historical researcher at the museum who filled me in on the daily running of the museum, the types of donations they get from police officers and their families, and some of the displays and their history.
Photo: 1980s Plymouth Police Car – All photos are property of the Police Museum and cannot be copied, reproduce or used without the written permission of the Toronto Police Museum.
The museum has a lot of cool interactive exhibits and displays. Display cases containing everything from weapons to badges to items carried on a belt are all displayed with the variations over the years being compared.
The classic Plymouth Police car from the 1980s has been dissected and installed in one of the rooms. The live feed from the radio inside the car can still be heard by visitors.
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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto is a great destination for any hockey fan. Since 1993 it has been located in Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto, which was once a bank. Most of the rooms are located underground except for the Great Hall which is where the old vaults and stain glass ceiling fixtures from the bank can be seen. This is also where they have the list of inductees and a version of the Stanley Cup amongst all the other great trophies.
Photo: Hockey Hall of Fame
We wanted to give you a walk through of the different rooms and attractions that the HHOF has to offer and accompanied them with photos.
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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
As a visitor to a city one is always in search of great locations to shop. Once a suburb of Toronto before being annexed by the city the area of Yorkville has become known as an upscale shopping, arts, and restaurant area that is a must see for any visitor. Within this area lies Hazelton Lanes which, when first opened in 1976, was marketed as a luxury shopping centre that boasted 60,000 sq. feet of retail space. Yorkville is known to have some of the highest retail space prices in North America as well as having some of the highest earnings per sq. foot.
Photo: Yorkville
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Tour TO is aimed at people visiting Toronto and people rediscovering their own city. We check out some of the best sites to visit such as amusement parks, attractions, and shows. |
St. Lawrence Market is one of Toronto’s oldest attractions at over 200 years old. In 1803 Governor Peter Hunter proclaimed that the land north of Front, south of King, east of Church and west of Jarvis would be market district. The first building for the market district was at the north end facing King Street. Today the market has two main buildings, one on the south side of Front at Jarvis and one on the north side of Front at Jarvis.
The south side market is open from Tuesday till Saturday and is home to over 120 vendors supplying products such as meats, fish, grains, baked goods, cheeses, vegetables and fruits, as well as restaurants, cafes, and galleries.
Photo: St Lawrence Market South Side
The north side market is home to a weekly farmer’s market on Saturdays and a weekly antique market on Sundays. Every other day, the 10,000 square foot space is available to rent for promotional functions, flea markets, displays, large social gatherings, meetings and exhibitions.
National Geographic announced in April 2012 that the St. Lawrence Market was the world’s best market, beating out New York City’s Union Square Greenmarket and St. Lucia’s Castries Market.
The market area is also home to St. Lawrence Hall which was built in 1850 as a meeting place for public gatherings, concerts and exhibitions. The hall was renovated and restored to its original form in 1967 and is a great spot for the extravagant wedding planner.
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