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formerly Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
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Large venue with elegant decor hosting concerts, theatre performances & cultural events.
Meridian Hall, originally opened as O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts on October 1, 1960, is a performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, also known as Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts (1996–2007), and as the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (2007–2019). It was re-branded as Meridian Hall on September 15, 2019. Located at 1 Front Street East, the facility was constructed for the City of Toronto municipal government, paid for by the O'Keefe Brewery, and houses the largest soft-seat theatre in Canada. It is currently managed by TO Live, an arm's-length agency and registered charity created by the city.
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Performing arts venue with 2 small theatres for theatre, art & musical performances in many genres.
This small park contains a large fountain with a humorous theme; there are statues of dogs perched on 2 levels of the fountain all staring upwards towards a large bone perched at the fountain's peak. A few interesting buildings are easily viewed from the park: A large trompe l'oeil mural on the rear of the Flat-Iron Building, and three beautifully preserved Victorian-era buildings built in 1872 across the street on the south side of the park.
Only two of Banksy's works survive after his secretive visit to Toronto in 2010. This small-size work is preserved in its original location and is enclosed in a simple wooden frame. The second surviving work is located at Harbourfront.
The Gooderham Building, generally known as the Flatiron Building, is a five-storey, wedge-shaped building at the intersection of Front, Church and Wellington Streets. It was built in 1892 and was the first flatiron building in a major city. Until 1952 the building housed the offices of Gooderham & Worts Distillers, whose distilling buildings now make up the Distillery District several blocks to the east. Also, take a look at the trompe-l'œil mural on the rear of the building from the adjacent Berczy Park.
later Old Bank of Canada
This Greek Revival building was the Toronto Street Post Office (1851–1872) and a Bank of Canada branch (1872-1959). It was later owned by Argus Corporation which came under the control of Conrad Black. It was here that Conrad Black got in trouble with the U.S. justice system by removing boxes of documents from this office. The building is a designated National Historic Site of Canada.
Toronto Sculpture Garden has a changing exhibit of sculptures. The small park is nestled between two buildings and has a waterfall fountain along its east wall.