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St Lawrence Hall

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special events, meditate, celebrate, nye2010, nye
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event space
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chanting, jazz
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St Lawrence Hall
157 King E
Toronto, ON

416-392-7130

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St Lawrence Hall
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St Lawrence Hall
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  1. Nusrat Jahan wrote on March 08, 2010:

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    According to owner:
    St. Lawrence Hall is a meeting hall in Toronto, Canada next to the St. Lawrence Market. It was built, alongside the new city hall, in 1850 after an 1849 fire destroyed much of the market. The Renaissance Revival style building was designed by William Thomas. It was created to be Toronto’s public meeting hall home to public gatherings, concerts, and exhibitions. Its main feature was a thousand seat amphitheater. For decades the hall was the centre of Toronto’s social life. It was here that prominent politicians such as John A. Macdonald and George Brown (fathers of Canadian Confederation) addressed the people of Toronto. It was the main venue for musicians and other performers who came to the city. The lower levels were integrated into the market and were home to stores and businesses. A third story section of the building was known as St. Patrick Hall, an important meeting place for the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union.

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