POSSIBLE Benefits for Friends
Eventually, Friends of Old City Hall could have membership dues which entitle people to tax receipts and the satisfaction of knowing that...
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cathyschaffter
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
GIFT SHOP: Funding the Creation of the Museum of Toronto?
The Old City Hall/Museum of Toronto Shop could become the first museum shop in history to exist before its museum's creation! Toronto...
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
INDIGENOUS AT OCH: A Co-op or Non-Profit Gift Shop?
As a citizen seeking to raise funds for OCH's maintenance and the creation of a Museum of Toronto, I would nevertheless be happy if the...
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
TOUR: Famous Trials in Old City Hall Courts
True crime stories offer a dark mirror to their larger societies and fascinate many. It is time for collectors of local legal history to...
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
INDIGENOUS AT OCH: Making the Museum of Toronto A "Must See"
It is good news for Toronto's tourism and convention industries (rather than just common decency and fairness) that the City of Toronto...
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
VENUE: Light-filled, Long Restaurant Space
Interconnecting offices on the main floor looking west will make a lovely, long restaurant -- especially once false ceilings are removed.
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
EVENTS: Beer, Wine or Champagne-priced
It's 2026 and the hottest social event of the year in Toronto is the official, partial re-opening of Old City Hall. Some of the most...
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cathyschaffter
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
TOUR: Clock Tower Climb
Safety concerns have led to the Clock Tower being shut to all but essential workers. Yet one adventurer was able to report that the...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
TOUR(S): Scandals of Old City Hall - General and R-rated Versions
Old City Hall was scandalous from the start. It took so long to build -- from 1889 to 1899 -- with such cost overruns that a furious...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
TOUR: Art & Architecture of Old City Hall
Old City Hall is full of nooks and crannies because it was the second largest municipal building in North America after Philadelphia's...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
VENUES: New for Weddings
Marriage licences in Toronto are currently obtained from the City Clerk's office in New City Hall. Moving that registry service AND a...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
TOUR: Ghosts of Old City Hall
Of course Old City Hall is haunted. It has housed courtrooms since it opened in 1899 and, unfortunately, prisoners used to be executed...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
ATMOSPHERE: Toronto's All-Season Zocalo
A friend of mine described the delight of sipping coffee at a cafe by a Spanish square (zocalo) and people-watching as wedding parties...
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
PROJECTS: Restoring Murals and Ceilings
The great news about renovations to Old City Hall is that much costly work has already been done by the City of Toronto since 1991....
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cathyschaffter
- Jan 2, 2021
- 1 min
VENUE: Fabulous View at Bay and Queen!
The Court Reporters' Office on the 5th floor of OCH overlooks the corner of Queen and Bay and Nathan Phillips Square (including part of...
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