St. Lawrence Market
The land on which the
St. Lawrence neighbourhood is built was originally part of the shoreline of Lake Ontario. Immediately to the north of here, above Front Street, was the Town of York, the forerunner to the City of Toronto.
St. Lawrence is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto. The area, a former industrial area, is bounded by Yonge, Front, and Parliament Streets, and the Canadian National railway embankment. The Esplanade off Yonge St., lined with restaurants, cafés and hotels runs through the middle of the area. In previous times, the area was sometimes referred to as 'St. Lawrence Ward' or more often today as 'St. Lawrence Market', synonymous with the large retail vendor market which is the neighbourhood's focal point. The area is the site of a large city-sponsored housing project of the 1970s, which revitalized an old 'brownfields' area.
Present
Past
Planned and developed by the City of Toronto in the 1970's as a mixed use housing development, the St.Lawrence neighbourhood has been critically acclaimed as a major success story in urban planning. It has become a model for the design and planning of new neighbourhoods across North America.
The apartment buildings and townhouses in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood were designed by some of Toronto's most accomplished architects. The one consistent feature in these designs is the use of red brick exteriors on all the homes.
Private and non-profit housing, market rental buildings, and luxury condominiums all co-exist here.
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