Inside the PATH Network

The limestone facade of Union Station stretches for two city blocks, defined by twenty-two massive columns that each weigh seventy tons. This is Canada’s busiest transportation hub, a Beaux-Arts cathedral built to handle the thousands of…

The exterior of the Royal Bank Plaza North Tower shines with thousands of windows coated in two thousand five hundred ounces of pure gold. When the building opened in nineteen seventy-six, the gold finish acted as a heat reflector to…

The Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place is a soaring, six-story vault of steel and glass that connects Bay and Yonge Streets. Architect Santiago Calatrava designed the structure to resemble a cathedral of commerce, with white steel…

The thirty-four-story Commerce Court North tower features a facade of Indiana limestone and a central entrance crowned by a tiered, pyramid-like bronze roof. When the Canadian Bank of Commerce finished it in nineteen thirty-one, it was the…

The Toronto Dominion Centre is a collection of six black steel and glass towers that sit flush against the sidewalk, defined by their sharp, boxy silhouettes and thin gold-tinted windows. When the first tower opened in nineteen…

First Canadian Place dominates the intersection of King and Bay streets with a facade of white marble panels. This seventy-two story tower stands as the tallest office building in Canada, housing the corporate headquarters of the Bank of…

The Bay Adelaide Centre East Tower cuts a sharp, dark profile against the Toronto skyline with its staggered glass setbacks. This forty-four-story office building occupies a site that sat empty for almost two decades. During the late…

The glass-vaulted ceiling of the Eaton Centre rises above the shopping levels, mimicking the design of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Two in Milan. When the centre opened in nineteen seventy-seven, developers demolished a web of historic…