When was st lawrence market built

A joint city hall, police station, and market building opened in on the south side of Front Street. Both north and south market buildings were significantly renovated in as well throughout the s and s. The most recent north market building, erected in , was demolished in Interior photograph of St. Lawrence Market, featuring the William Davies butcher stall, Shortly after his arrival from England, William Davies opened a stall in the St.

Lawrence Market, selling cured pork products, including peameal bacon. The land that this tour takes place on is the traditional territory of many nations. Indigenous peoples and European settlers used this area to trade and exchange goods long before the current St.

Lawrence Market building was built. It was a magnificent Renaissance Revival cultural centre and meeting place designed by William Thomas and became an important social hub for the city, hosting concerts, exhibitions, lectures and public meetings in the 1,seat assembly room.

Jenny Lind — one of the most popular opera singers in the world — played to a packed house at St. Lawrence Hall on Oct. Dwarf entertainer General Tom Thumb performed at the hall 10 years later. The great American orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who had himself escaped slavery, spoke against its evils at in Sir John A.

Macdonald also promoted Confederation at St. Lawrence Hall on numerous occasions, the last being Jan. But St. By Massey Hall had been built and it quickly became the concert and cultural hotspot. Today, it has commercial and office tenants and space that can be rented for special events. The North Market has been rebuilt a number of times. It is currently closed during redevelopment. Various renovations and structural changes were made to the South Market during the later s.

Vendors took over the entire ground floor of the old South Market building after it was re-engineered in incorporating the old city hall. By the s, however, the South Market was looking a bit shabby. In a planning board report and consultant recommended to the city that the South Market be demolished. The storied location at Front Street has survived two major fires, a roof collapse of the Eastern Hall, and waves of urban redevelopment as it evolved from an open fish market on the old wharf, to the luxurious Saint Lawrence Hall, and the drab, brick building erected in the s.

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