2024-2025 Student Resource Handbook

44 TORONTO’S HARBOURFRONTATTRACTIONS Toronto Harbour Cruises Information on various Toronto Harbour Cruises, and harbour tours can be found by visiting: WWW.TORONTOHARBOURCRUISES.COM Ontario Place Cinesphere 955 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (416) 314-9900. This is the original Toronto IMAX theatre. Housed inside a gigantic dome Cinesphere it presents IMAX films and many Hollywood blockbusters on its 60’ x 80’ screen. The Harbourfront Antique Market 390 Queens Quay W. (416) 345-9941. With over 100 independent permanent antique shops, The Harbourfront Antique Market is Toronto’s # 1 choice for Antiques! Toronto Islands Centre Island Municipal Park (416) 203-0405. Just off the harbour are the Toronto islands a • • • PATH History • • • • • • • The building that is currently furthest north on the PATH network is College Park at College and Yonge Streets. The building that’s furthest south which can be accessed through PATH is the Toronto Convention Centre’s Convention South Building. PATH does not follow the grid patterns of the streets above. Each of the letters in PATH is a different colour, each representing a different direction. The P is red and represents south. The orange A directs pedestrians to the west, while the blue T directs them to the north. The H is yellow and points to the east. Signage includes a symbol for people with disabilities whenever there is a flight of stairs ahead. The first underground path in Toronto originated in 1900 when the T Eaton Co. joined its main store at 178 Yonge St. with it’s bargain annex by tunnels. By 1917 there were five tunnels in the downtown core. With the opening of Union Station in 1927, another underground tunnel was built to connect it over to the Royal York Hotel (now known as the Fairmont Royal York). The real growth of PATH began in the early 1970s when a tunnel was built to connect the Richmond-Adelaide and Sheraton Centres. In 1987, the City Council elected to adopt the recommendation that the City should become the co-ordinating agency of PATH and pay for the system-wide costs of designing a signage program. In 1988 the two design firms Keith Muller Ltd. and Gottschalk Ash International were retained by the Toronto City Council to apply the design concept for PATH. PATH’s name and logo are registered to the City of Toronto. They co-ordinate and facilitate all the directional signage for the PATH’s maps and identity markers throughout the system. Each segment of the walkway system is owned and controlled by the owner of the property through which it runs. There are about 35 corporations involved. In the early 1990s, signage for PATH was developed to provide pedestrians with better ease of use and functionality. The signage enhances PATH’s visibility and identity, which ultimately increases its use, attracting more people to downtown Toronto, and at the same time drawing more businesses there. ST. CLAIR TRAVEL 1293 St. Clair Ave., W. Toronto ON. M6E 1B8 Tel: 416-654-9600 Web: www.stclairtravel.com