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Queen's
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Queen's Park is located
at the head of University Avenue where it become Avenue Road (just north of College St.).
It's Plaque reads "In 1859 the city leased this parcel of land from King's
College, and in 1860 a park, named after Queen Victoria, was opened by the Prince of
Wales, later Edward VII. Queen's Park was long considered as a location for new parliament
buildings and in 1879-80 their construction was authorized by the Ontario Legislature and
city council, and an inconclusive design competition was held. In 1886 the commission was
awarded to Richard Waite of Buffalo, one of the adjudicators. This decision generated
considerable controversy among Ontario architects. The main block of the massive
Romanesque Revival structure, with its towering legislative chamber, was completed in 1892
and on April 4, 1893, the first legislative session in Queen's Park was opened under
Premier Sir Oliver Mowat."   |
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