Doors Open Toronto
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Doors Open Toronto is an annual event held in the City of Toronto which showcases many of the city's unique and historically significant buildings to the public. Among the buildings included are offices, places of worship, and historical landmarks (such as the house of William Lyon Mackenzie, first mayor of Toronto).
Admission is free of charge and the list of buildings included in the itenerary is expansive; 143 buildings participated in the May 27 and 28th 2006 exhibition, which was the seventh year of its activity. Most buildings open at 10 AM and stay open until 4 PM, however some buildings have limited hours, and some are only open on Saturday, or only on Sunday.
The event is organized by the City of Toronto Culture Department and is chiefly sponsored by the Toronto Star. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers also help to make the event a grand success, as line-ups for some buildings (such as the Toronto-Dominion Centre and 1 King West) reach dozens.
[edit] Buildings Participating in the 2006 Exhibition
- 1 King West
- 401 Richmond
- 51 Division Police Station
- All Saints' Church - Community Centre
- Alumnae Theatre (originally Fire Hall No. 4)
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue
- Applewood - The Shaver Homestead
- Archives & Museum, St. James' Cathedral Parish House
- The Arts & Letters Club
- BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir
- Beach Hebrew Institute
- Beach Solar Laundromat
- Beach Walking Tours
- Beaty & Armstrong Row House
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- BLP Bronze International
- BMW Toronto
- CN Rail Police Building
- Cadbury Chocolate Factory
- Campbell House
- Canada Life
- Canada Permanent Building
- Canada's National Ballet School
- CanStage's Berkeley Street Theatre
- Carlu
- Casa Loma Stables and Pellatt Hunting Lodge
- Cathedral Church of St. James
- CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Centre
- Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
- Chapel of St. James-The-Less/St. James Cemetery & Crematorium
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of the Redeemer
- Toronto City Hall
- City of Toronto Archives
- Coach House Press
- Colborne Lodge
- Commerce Court North
- Congregation Knesseth Israel
- Design Exchange (former Toronto Stock Exchange Building)
- Don Valley Brick Works
- The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres Centre
- Empire Sandy (Tall Ship)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Fort York - National Historic Site
- Fort York Armoury
- Gardener's Cottage - Kew Gardens
- George Brown House
- Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
- Gibson House Museum
- Gladstone Hotel
- Gloucester Square Inns - Charles Rundle Mansion
- Gloucester Square Inns - The Edward Gallow Esq. Mansion
- Gooderham Flatiron Building
- The Gooderham House
- The Great Hall
- GreekTown on the Danforth
- Hare Krishna Temple
- Historic Zion Schoolhouse
- Holy Blossom Temple
- Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church
- Horse Palace - Toronto Animal Services
- Horse Palace: Riding Academy
- Horse Palace: Toronto Police Mounted Unit
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto
- Jami Mosque
- JAZZ Residences on Church
- John McKenzie House (Ontario Historical Society)
- John Street Roundhouse
- Lakeshore Grounds: Assembly Hall
- Lakeshore Grounds: Cumberland House: The Jean Tweed Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary
- Lakeshore Grounds: Humber ITAL, Lakeshore Campus
- Lakeshore Grounds: Power House Recreation Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: The Gatehouse
- Lambton House
- Leslie Spit Allotment Garden
- LCBO Summerhill (North Toronto Station)
- Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
- Little Trinity Anglican Church
- Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
- Mackenzie House
- The Market Gallery
- MaRS Centre
- Masonic Temple - MTV
- Metropolitan United Church
- Montgomery's Inn
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Old City Hall
- Ontario Association of Architects
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Ontario Heritage Centre
- Ontario Legislative Building
- Ontario Place (Grounds only)
- Osgoode Hall
- Palais Royale
- Parc Downsview Park Corporate Office
- Parc Downsview Park Movie Studio Building
- Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre at Harbourfront Centre
- Press Building
- Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
- Redpath Sugar Refinery (see also: Redpath Building Toronto)
- Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple
- Rosar Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel
- Royal Canadian Military Institute
- Scadding Cabin
- Scarborough Historical Museum
- Spadina Museum: Historic House and Gardens
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough
- St. Anne's Anglican Church
- St. Francis of Assisi Church
- St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
- St. John's Anglican Church, West Toronto
- St. John the Baptist Anglican Church
- St. Lawrence Hall
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- St. Patrick's Church
- St. Paul's Basilica
- St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church
- Stanley Barracks (Officers' Quarters)
- Steam Whistle Brewing, The Roundhouse
- Stone Distillery Building 5 & Rackhouse - The Distillery District
- TDSB - Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives
- Textile Museum of Canada
- Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
- Toronto Necropolis Chapel and Cemetery
- Toronto Police Service Marine Unit
- Toronto-Dominion Centre
- Toronto's First Post Office
- Union Station
- The University Club of Toronto
- University of Toronto - Art Centre
- University of Toronto - Birge-Carnegie Library
- University of Toronto - Hart House
- University of Toronto - Soldiers' Tower
- University of Toronto - Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
- University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- University of Toronto - University College
- York College of Industry & Technology (former Massey Mansion)
- York Museum
- Young Centre for the Performing Arts
- Zeidler Partnership Architects Building
- Zion Church Cultural Centre
