✨ Between 1920-26/January 18, 2025 – Looking southeast along Queen St W, between Bay St and York St in downtown #Toronto.
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#queenstreetwest #torontooldcityhall #oldcityhall #streetsoftoronto #torontojourney416#torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast
Toronto - Winter aglow in Nathan Phillips Square
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Photography © The Restless Eyes
Rainwater Co. Design
#cartepostale #Canada #Christmas #Christmaslights #NathanPhillipsSquare #Noël #OldCityHall #Ontario #PlaceNathanPhillips #sapindeNoël #Toronto
A valley of tall city buildings are in shadow, but an older bell tower is visible at the end, lit with golden light from the setting sun. Streams of shadowy pedestrians croos the intersection in the foreground.
#Evening just closing in on the streets of downtown #Toronto [CA]. Sunlight was obscured by the valley of buildings, but warmly lighting the #BellTower of the #OldCityHall at the end of the valley. I was standing in a busy intersection of traffic, but it was worth it! 20221027
#BlueSkyArtShow
Toronto’s Old City Hall turns 126 today! 🎉 Opened Sept 18, 1899, it remains a landmark worth celebrating.
There’s still time to catch Summer at Old City Hall — free events running until Sept 26, giving the public rare access inside.
#Events #Toronto #Canada #History #OldCityHall #JeremyHopkin
🎉 On this day in 1899, Toronto celebrated the opening of its new City Hall (today’s Old City Hall).
Music played for 10 hours straight, but one detail was missing—the clock tower had no clock. The dials weren’t installed until November.
#OldCityHall #OnThisDay #otd #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Brought along my vintage Royal York Hotel smoker’s caddy and related ephemera from my collection to the excellent "Toronto Treasures" event at Old City Hall, Toronto, Canada.
#OldCityHall #TorontoTreasures #Museums #hotel #ephemera #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Bay St., looking north to Queen St., Toronto, circa 1965.
Photographer unknown.
Credit: Toronto Public Library / Gift of Norman Attikin.
Digitally enhanced by Jeremy F. Hopkin
#1960s #baystreet #streetscene #oldcityhall #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
I’m bringing an item or three to “Toronto Treasures” at Old City Hall this Saturday. Excited to see what the experts discover! 🔍
#oldcityhall #antique #vintage #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
100 years ago today British Army Field Marshal Douglas Haig well and truly laid the cornerstone for the Great War memorial cenotaph in front of Toronto City Hall - July 24, 1925
#OnThisDay #OTD #worldwarone #1920s #oldcityhall #memorial #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
A softly coloured print from the late 1930s depicting a view of downtown Toronto looking northeast from University Avenue and Queen Street West. In the foreground, dark 1930s-era cars travel along Queen Street past the South African War Memorial—a tall column topped by a winged figure, with a base flanked by statues. Behind the monument is the front lawn of Osgoode Hall, ringed by an iron fence and dotted with leafless trees. The building itself, with its classical portico and arched windows, is shown on the left. Further back rises the distinctive clock tower of Old City Hall, with its green copper roof. Tall commercial buildings frame the right side, capturing a mix of architectural styles from Toronto’s early 20th century core. The sky glows in soft yellow and peach tones, lending the image a nostalgic, almost dreamy quality.
View east from Queen St. & University Ave., Toronto, circa 1938
Artist: Nicholas Hornyansky, 1896-1965
Medium: Aquatints (prints)
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL
#hornyansky #1930s #osgoodehall #oldcityhall #print #printmaking #city #torontoart #art #artist #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Hallway at Old City Hall in Toronto
Courtyard at Old City Hall in Toronto
Payphones at Old City Hall in Toronto
Stairway at Old City Hall in Toronto
Walking around #Toronto #oldCityHall
“ #OldCityHall is one of Toronto's most #historic #buildings, and while it has largely remained off-limits to the public throughout its existence, you'll be able to bask in all its glory this summer.” www.blogto.com/city/2025/07...
Old City Hall Toronto exterior
Old City Hall Toronto indoor stained glass window
Old City Hall Toronto indoors looking down the stairs
Old City Hall Toronto indoors
Out and about in downtown Toronto #OldCityHall #summerfun
Incredible experience seeing #OldCityHall for the first time ever. Thanks so much @toronto.ca for the amazing lecture about the architecture and history of this important building! #Toronto
Black‑and‑white photograph taken July 5, 1927, looking northwest from atop Toronto’s old City Hall tower. In the foreground, the peaked metal rooftops and ornate stone coping of the City Hall building fill the bottom edge. Below, a large open parking lot is packed in neat rows with hundreds of 1920s‑era cars, their boxy bodies and running boards visible in parallel lines. Beyond the lot, city blocks unfold in a grid: low brick commercial buildings with flat roofs, interspersed with two‑ to three‑storey houses. A prominent painted billboard on one rooftop advertises “Fantasia” (ice cream or soda), flanked by painted bottles. A slender white‑metal radio mast or scaffold rises near the center. To the right stands a tall dark office building—its façade punctuated by rows of windows and topped with an antenna tower and Canadian flag. The streets stretch straight toward the horizon, lined with streetlamps, utility poles, and streetcars too small to see clearly. In the distance, church spires and mid‑rise institutional buildings peek above a carpet of tree canopies, indicating the residential neighbourhoods beyond downtown. The sky is pale and even, lending the scene a quiet, snapshot‑like clarity. This image captures Toronto in the Roaring Twenties: a city of early automobiles, low‑rise buildings, and emerging modern infrastructure, framed by the peaks of its grand civic architecture.
98 years ago today: View looking north west from the clock tower of Toronto City Hall - July 5, 1927
📸: Alfred Pearson
Credit: City of Toronto Archives
#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #aerial #skyline #downtown #oldcityhall #TheWard #city #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Nathan Phillips Square, June 2025. Toronto, ON.
#Toronto #ontario #photography #nathanphillipssquare #canada #torontosign #masseytower #oldcityhall
The faces of Old City Hall are watching. Old stonework is so cool. From What’s on Heather’s Phone
#whatsonheathersphone #phonephotography #oldcityhall #toronto #faces
I thought this photo seemed very apropos in light of what’s going on in the world today. We all need some peace… from What’s on Heather’s Phone
#whatsonheathersphone #Phonephotograohy #oldcityhall #Toronto
Old City Hall - Toronto. I love the old building styles, especially when it’s sunny. Close up photos always get great shadows and lines. Good morning from What’s on Heather’s Phone
#whatsonheathersphone #phonephotography #toronto #oldcityhall #stonework #sunshine
My visit to Old City Hall, Doors Open Toronto 2025.
One of this city’s architectural masterpieces that was nearly lost to progress.
#dot25 #oldcityhall #architecture #art #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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Seen from the fifth floor, menswear, The Bay #toronto #queenstreet #oldcityhall #eatoncentre #downtowntoronto #hbc #hudsonsbaycompany #video
Seen from the fifth floor, menswear, The Bay #toronto #queenstreet #oldcityhall #eatoncentre #downtowntoronto #hbc #hudsonsbaycompany
🎙️ Want the full story? Dive into the fascinating history of Old City Hall in Episode 1689 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast.
🎧 Listen here: www.torontomike.com/2025/05/old-...
#TorontoHistory #OldCityHall #architecture #urbanhistory #Torontomike #podcast #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Toronto City Hall, main entrance, 1910
Artist: Alfred Harold Howard, 1854-1916
Medium: Watercolour
Credit: Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library
#1900s #oldcityhall #cityhall #painting #watercolour #watercolor #torontoart #art #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
📸 Did you know Toronto’s “Old” City Hall opened on September 18, 1899 - still missing its signature voice?
#torontomiked #podcast #clocktower #oldcityhall #cityhall #architecture #RomanesqueRevival #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
City Hall, Toronto, 1928
Artist: William Abernethy Ogilvie (1901 - 1989)
Medium: Oil painting on board
Private Collection
#1920s #oldcityhall #painting #oilpainting #torontoart #art #artist #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
