Congratulations to Denbed, Lycanick, PATLOPEZ, and Tatterdash for a shared 4-way FTF!
Note: You will need tweezers to retrieve the logbook for signing. Pictures of the cache will not be accepted as logging requirements.
Welcome to the University of Toronto Exam Centre! (where dreams go to die...)
This facility is housed in a gorgeous heritage-listed Art Deco building. The Art Deco Style (1910-1940) was first developed for the French luxury market just before World War I. The style was a self-conscious split from the past, the world before the war, and was designed to celebrate the new technologies of electricity and gas powered vehicles. The style was adopted in Ontario by wealthy and very fashionable patrons who wanted Art Deco detailing to make their buildings look lavish and exotic. The style reached its peak in popularity with the "Exposition des arts decoratifs" in Paris, 1925, and then slowly declined after the stock market crash of 1929.
Built in 1931, the present building served the Toronto Board of Education (a former secular school district serving the pre-merged city of Toronto) as a supply building before it was purchased by the University of Toronto. In the late 2000s, the building underwent a massive restoration to house the current examination facility. Reopened in 2009, the Exam Centre is the University of Toronto's first LEED Gold Certified building - a green building certification program used worldwide. The roof contains several solar panels which provide power to the building, and there is a living green wall in the main lobby. In terms of space, the building hosts two 300-seat exam rooms, an accessible exam centre with a total of 105 private, semi-private and open testing stations, and a series of specialized testing facilities. The fourth floor provides 24,680 square-foot of open work areas, private offices and meeting rooms for the University’s Capital Projects Department and Facilities and Services Department.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Exam Centre was repurposed to serve as the University of Toronto's vaccination clinic.
