Fragments and Façades

About this event

Discover how pieces of demolished city buildings were transformed into a landscape of art, memory, and architectural history at Guild Park. Encounter remnants of Toronto’s former city skyline, a time when stately banks and ornate office buildings dominated the landscape. Rescued from wasteyard and garbage dumps, rubble from buildings demolished in the early to mid-20th century was restored, and found new life at Guild Park. Among the remains you’ll encounter on this walk are the carved red sandstone panels from the Temple Building, the tallest building in the British Empire upon its completion; stone panels and parapets from an Art Deco office tower that housed the operations for the daily newspaper, the Toronto Star; and parts of two grand banks that stood at the corner of King and Bay Street – the Bank of Montreal and the Bank of Toronto. Pick up the pieces with us as we wander through this unusual park and weave together a story of a lost Toronto.