St. Lawrence Market North
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St. Lawerence Market North in Toronto was built in 1968, replacing the former 1904 building. It hosts a variety of markets, including a Farmer's Market and an antique market.

History

The building has been demolished and re-built many times, and the address has been host to many architectural competitions.

Expansion

The City of Toronto held an architectural competition for a new building to be used for the same purposes as the old one. The winning design was by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners is a British architectural firm. Established in 2007, it was previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership....

 in a joint venture with Adamson Associates Architects. The current building is slated to be demolished late 2010.

Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs....

 of the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners architectural firm is also responsible for Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

' Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais...

 (also known as the Pompidou Centre).

The building is expected to be completed and in use by 2014. All current markets will be held, for the time being, at 125 The Esplanade
The Esplanade
The Esplanade may refer to:*The Esplanade , a street in Toronto close to many major areas, such as the Gardiner Expressway, the Financial District, and Toronto's Harbourfront....

.

The new building will be 4 stories and will feature a glass atrium and will be a complex
Complex
A complex is a whole that comprehends a number of intricate parts, especially one with interconnected or mutually related parts; for example, a complex of buildings.Complex may refer to:-Biology:...

 of 3 buildings.

Market Lane Park

Market Lane Park is located on the west side of the North Market Building and St. Lawrence Hall
St. Lawrence Hall
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...

. With the closure of Market Street between King and Front Streets, under City of Toronto By-laws 291-67 and 40-70, the area was converted to pedestrian use only. Additional landscaping features like fountains, trees, flower beds and sculptures have been added. Market Square condominium buildings were constucted along the westerly boundary in the early 1980s.

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