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When we arrived to finally place this cache, fire trucks were lined
up along both sides of the road and herds of muggles were hanging
around GZ, in the drizzling rain, waiting to get in to the nearby
building/s. Not rushing of course, as they were on their way "TO"
work.
We had to come back to put this one in play.
Done.
The usual downtown signal bounce caused the usual problems trying
to get a fix on the co-ords, but assist provided by Google Earth.
Should anyone get a solid fix, please let us know.
Now, for those who may be interested, some history of the
area:
The land on which Roy Thomson sits upon has a significant history
behind it. In 2001, Toronto City Council enacted a by-law to
designate the property at 60 Simcoe Street (Roy Thomson Hall) as
being of architectural and historical value or interest.
In 1798, Elmsley House was built on this very spot, as a home for
the Chief Justice of Upper Canada (named, fittingly, John Elmsley).
The estate included all of the land that is now used for both Roy
Thomson Hall and the Metro Centre complex, bound by King, Simcoe,
Wellington, and John streets.
This estate was purchased by the provincial government in 1812 and
repurposed to become the new Government House, the official
residence of the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario.
Shortly after confederation in 1867, a new Government House was
built on the very same spot, and would come to be called “Old
Government House.” This iteration, the third official
Government House, opened in June 1870. The neighbourhood was a
diverse one even then: the other three street corners housed St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Upper Canada College, and a
British pub. The intersection has been called “Four Nations
Corner” for its buildings that were home to legislation
(Government House), education (UCC), damnation (the pub), and
salvation (the church).
In 1912, “Old Government House” was torn down to make
way for the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Express Building,
while a new Government House (Chorley Park) was built in Rosedale.
Chorley Park would continue as the residence of the Lieutenant
Governor until 1937. Today, the Lieutenant Governor resides in his
or her own home or is given temporary accommodations in
Toronto.
Meanwhile, the CPR owned and maintained the land at King and Simcoe
until the 1970s, when construction began on Roy Thomson Hall. Roy
Thomson celebrated its opening with an inaugural gala on September
13, 1982.
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