Toronto's Historical Plaques
Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
Union Station
Inside at the west end of this railway station one can find an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque. Here's what it says:
This station was built between 1915 and 1920 to the designs of Ross and Macdonald, H.G. Jones and J.M. Lyle. Subsequent to the relocation of the tracks, it was opened in 1927. It is the finest example in Canada of stations erected in the classical Beaux-Arts style during an era of expanding national rail networks and vigorous urban growth. Its sweeping façade and imposing Great Hall exhibit the monumental architecture and dramatic use of enclosed space characteristic of the Beaux-Arts movement.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.644989 -79.381392
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2007
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