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Architecture
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Cabbagetown Toronto Walking Tour: A Victorian Streets Loop
Start at Riverdale Farm, wander the Victorian rows the City protects as heritage districts, and finish with a clearer eye for bay-and-gable houses.
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Doors Open Toronto 2027: Plan Your Weekend of Free Visits
Doors Open Toronto returns May 29 and 30, 2027, free, with the theme Behind the Scenes. Here is how the weekend works and how to plan it before the list lands.
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R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant: A Toronto Landmark Story
Copper roofs, yellow brick and marble inside: the Beaches plant nicknamed the Palace of Purification, and how Torontonians get a look at it.
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Toronto Public Library Branches Worth Visiting for Architecture
Seven Carnegie-era Toronto Public Library branches still serve readers today, from Yorkville's columns to Weston's stained glass and a 2022 Wychwood reopening.
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Art Deco Buildings in Toronto: Eight Places to See the Style
From a waterworks the City calls the Palace of Purification to a 1936 bandshell, here is where Toronto's Art Deco shows off, with access noted from each owner.
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Toronto Reference Library: Architecture, Exhibits, Free Programs
A brick pyramid with a sunlit atrium at Yonge and Bloor: the story of its design, the free exhibit on now, and what to check before you visit.
Archive Desk
Union Station Toronto History: Three Stations, One Street
Toronto has had three Union Stations along Front Street. See how the 1850s station, the domed 1870s landmark and today's Great Hall compare.
Culture Desk
Guild Park and Gardens Toronto: Ruins and Trails
White columns, carved bank panels and a clifftop view over Lake Ontario: how a Scarborough park came to hold pieces of Toronto's lost buildings.
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Toronto City Hall Architecture: The Design Story, Told Plainly
An international competition, a Finnish architect and a round concrete chamber between two curved towers: how Toronto got the City Hall it still shows off.
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Toronto Architecture Walk: 100 Minutes Through 100 Years
The City's Hundred Years of Architecture route, stop by stop: eight National Historic Sites, from an estate house of about 1817 to an Art Deco round room.
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Union Station Toronto: What to See Before You Catch the Train
The Great Hall, a glass skylight, a 500-foot subway mural and a direct line to the PATH: Union Station is a destination long before your train leaves.