Also, look what I found on the Globe and Mail!
In celebration of the bicentennial (200th anniversary) of the War of 1812, our next field trip will take us to St. Lawrence Market and St. James Cathedral in Downtown Toronto (Map Here).
The War of 1812 is important as it shows why Canada is different and separate from our neighbour to the south, and it also paved the way for the Confederation.
Planned highlights of the trip include:
- a lecture at the Market Gallery,
- St. Lawrence Market,
- Toronto's first City Hall,
- the location of last year's Occupy Toronto, and
- a pipe organ concert at St. James.
Please meet at 9:30 a.m. near the southern end of the Southbound Platform of Sheppard Yonge Subway Station. As outdoor walking will be required, please bring an umbrella and wear walking shoes. A camera would be a good idea as well! We should be back to Sheppard by 2:30 p.m.
For more information on the Market Gallery lecture, click the Read More link below:
The City of Toronto's Cultural Services have kindly provided a write-up and vocabulary list for their lecture:
Presentation on the
History of the St. Lawrence Market Buildings
Take a Step Back in Time
Visitors will enjoy an illustrated talk on the changing history of the St.
Lawrence Neighbourhood and the market buildings. The location of Toronto’s
original City Hall, and since 1803 the site of a Saturday Farmers’ Market,
the market buildings have undergone many modifications over the past two
centuries. Today, the market is an animated centre that wonderfully combines
the traditions of the past with the tastes and flavours of contemporary,
multicultural Toronto.
The presentation starts in 1793 with the arrival of John Graves Simcoe and
the ‘founding’ of the Town of York with the building of a Fort (Fort York) and
the market square just outside the original ten block settlement. It then
follows the growth of the town to the incorporation as the City of Toronto in
1834 and the building of the City Hall in 1845.
Visitors will view maps and photos of early Toronto and the market buildings,
as well as the city’s original City Hall. The presentation explores the changing
history of the site at the corner of Front and Jarvis Streets from a market to a
City Hall and back to a market.
It is an interesting part of Toronto’s history.
The presentation costs $10 per group and lasts about 20 to 30 minutes.
Included in the fee is a worksheet that participants can fill out during the
presentation and while visiting the market and practicing their language skills.
Visitors are encouraged to remain afterwards to view the current exhibit.
The Market Gallery offers changing exhibitions dedicated to Toronto's
history, art and culture as well as educational programs for school groups
and adults. Located inside the South St. Lawrence Market, in Toronto's oldest
neighbourhood, the main gallery occupies the 19th century city council
chamber which is all that remains from the City Hall that stood on this site
from 1845 to 1899.
Neighbourhood
Vocabulary for a visit to the Market Gallery
Lieutenant-Governor
Upper Canada
Settlement
Market Square
Meeting Place
Town Hall
City Council
City Hall
Farmer’s Market
Architect
Police Station
Council Chamber
Jail cell
Shoreline
Merchants
Lakefill/Landfill
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