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St.
Lawrence Market |
The south St. Lawrence
Market building at King and Jarvis Streets began life as Toronto's second City Hall.
Designed in 1844 by architect Henry Bowyer Lane, the building housed the council chamber
and municipal offices on the second floor, Police Station #1 on the main floor, jail cells
in the basement, and a market area in the rear. Over the latter half of the 19th century
as the city grew, various alterations were made to the building, but by the late 1800's it
was clear that the space was no longer adequate. The civic offices were transferred to the
"new" City Hall at Bay and Queen in 1899, and the vacated building was radically
altered to provide a larger market for the city. The central portion of the original
building survives today as part of the south St. Lawrence Market, seen here. The second
floor houses the Market Gallery of the City of Toronto Archives, which occupies the
original council chamber.
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