{"id":177,"date":"2005-09-09T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=177"},"modified":"2005-11-03T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2005-11-03T19:47:36","slug":"toronto-city-hall-is-turning-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/09\/09\/toronto-city-hall-is-turning-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto City Hall is turning 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/special_events\/anniversary\/images\/anniversary_logo.gif\" alt=\"City Hall\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSaturday, September 17, 2005<br \/>\n8:30 &#8211; 10 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The September 1965 opening of the newly designed City Hall marked an era of architectural experimentation. Finnish Architect <a target=new href=\"http:\/\/www.didrichsenmuseum.fi\/e_revel1.html\">Viljo Revell <\/a>gave Toronto one of the world&#8217;s most distinctive civic symbols and helped to create an instantly recognizable and attractive cityscape. <\/p>\n<p>In <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/special_events\/anniversary\/index.htm\">celebration of the 40th anniversary<\/a> of <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.infiltration.org\/various-cityhall.html\">Toronto City Hall,<\/a> Nathan Phillips Square will be transformed into an open air theatre of music, dance and pyrotechnics.  The evening also kicks off <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.livewithculture.ca\/\">Toronto&#8217;s Live with Culture<\/a> &#8212; a major 16-month celebration of Toronto&#8217;s cultural diversity and architectural renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Phillips Square has proven itself to be Toronto&#8217;s public centre over the last 40 years.   Recent talk of an <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.city.toronto.on.ca\/npsquarecompetition\/\">international competition<\/a> to revamp the Square has opened the <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/ArticleNews\/TPStory\/LAC\/20050909\/ARCHICOL09\/TPEntertainment\/?query=architect\">debate<\/a> for what makes good public space in Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:30 &#8211; 10 pm The September 1965 opening of the newly designed City Hall marked an era of architectural experimentation. Finnish Architect Viljo Revell gave Toronto one of the world&#8217;s most distinctive civic symbols and helped to create an instantly recognizable and attractive cityscape. 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