Queens St, Queen's Park, University Ave

- University of Toronto, Ontario Legislative Building


Queen Street is a very nice street with pubs, restaurants and nightclubs, situated in charming townhouses. It is very long, about 10km wide, and goes practically through the whole Toronto. The section of Queen St W that is just west of University Ave in downtown is the nicest and most vibrant. The significant red trams pass along the whole Queen St. At one specific block right next to Queens St W (three blocks west of University Ave) concerts are held and several TV channels are broadcasting TV shows from there.

Toronto is a student city, with a large university, University of Toronto. The university features lots of historic and modern buildings, mostly spread out around Queens Park.

Queens Park is one of the few parks in central Toronto, situated next to the university campus. This neighbourhood has a somewhat British character, with old stone buildings, mostly university buildings. Queens Park is quite small and is surrounded by trafficated roads. Here you find the Ontario Legislative Building, a beautiful historical building from 1893 that is home to Ontario's provincial government. After a fire in 1909 the west and the east wing looks completely different. In 1981, the entrance to the building was featured on the front cover to the Torontonian progressive rock band Rush's Moving Pictures album. A statue of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A Macdonald (1815-91) can be found at the entrance to the park.

University Avenue is one of Toronto's main roads, and goes from the south to north. It is known and modern luxory highrise hotels like Hilton (32 floors, built 1975), Sheraton Centre (43 floors, built 1972), Doubletree and the new 66-storey Shangri-La, as well as many modern highrise hospital buildings like Toronto General, Mount Sinai and Sick Children. It passes on both sides of Queens Park, where it changes name to Queens Park Crescent, and further north to Avenue Road, before it passes Yorkville.

The Canada Life Building is a historic office building, built in 1929-31 in beaux arts style, situated at the busy intersection University Ave/Queen St. It has 15 floor and is 97.8m to the top of its weather bacon. At this grandiose intersection, you also find the South African War Memorial, commissioned in 1910 to commemorate Canada's participation in the Boer War.

 

Queen Street 01 - one of the most vibrant streets in downtown Toronto Queen Street 02 - one of the most vibrant streets in downtown Toronto Queen Street 02b - The Office Pub Queen Street 03 Queen Street 03b Queen Street 04 Queen Street 04b - crosswalk Queen Street 05 - nice restaurants and pubs Queen Street 06 Queen Street 07 Queen Street 08 Queen Street 09 - MTV broadcasting Queen Street 10 - MTV broadcasting Queen Street 11 Queen Street and John St Queen Street 13 Queen Street 14 Queen Street 15 - people watching some pop concert opposite Queen Street 15b - people watching some pop concert opposite Queen Street 16- some pop concert Queen Street 17 - some pop concert Queen Street 18 Queen Street 19 Queen Street 20 Queen Street 21 Queen Street 22 Queen Street 23 Queen Street 24 - Canada Life Bldg from 1931 Queens Park 01 Queens Park 02 - Ontario Legislative Building Queens Park 03 Queens Park 04 - University Queens Park 05 - Big Bus double decker Queens Park 06 - Sir John A Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister Queens Park 07 Queens Park 08 - Sir John A Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister Queens Park 09 - opened by Prince of Wales in 1860 Queens Park 10 - Ontario Legislative Building Queens Park 11 - Ontario Legislative Building, this entrance was featured on Rush's "Moving Pictures" Queens Park 12 - Ontario Legislative Building Queens Park 13 - squirrel Queens Park 14 - squirrel Queens Park 15 - squirrel Queens Park 16 Queens Park 17 Queens Park 18 Queens Park 19 Queens Park 20 Queens Park 21 Queens Park 22 Queens Park 23 - Al Purdy, poet Queens Park 24 - Al Purdy, poet Queens Park 25 - squirel Queens Park Crescent Queens Park 27 - Ontario Legislative Building Queens Park 28 - Ontario Legislative Building Queens Park 29 - University building Toronto Bus Tour 185 - Queens Park Toronto Bus Tour 186 - Queens Park Toronto Bus Tour 187 - Queens Park Crescent Toronto Bus Tour 188 - Queens Park Crescent Toronto Bus Tour 189 - Queens Park University Avenue 01 University Avenue 02 University Avenue 03 - fire truck University Ave/Queen St University Ave/Queen St - South African War Memorial University Avenue 06 - Sheraton and Hilton University Avenue 07 - Aura and Doubletree Hotel University Avenue 08 - Canada Life Bldg from 1931 University Avenue 09 - University Club of Toronto University Avenue 10 - Royal Canadian Military Institute University Avenue 11 - Royal Canadian Military Institute University Avenue 12 - Royal Canadian Military Institute University Avenue 13 - towards Dundas Square University Avenue 14 University Avenue 15 - modern hospitals University Avenue 16 - Aura University Avenue 17 - Intact Insurance University Avenue at Queens Park Charles St W Charles St W Charles St W Charles St W University Avenue 23 -Aura The gate to the university Views from CN Tower - Shangrila, Hilton, Sheraton, Doubletree hotels, City Hall