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kawartha
Posted 1/23/2017 02:46 (#5787397 - in reply to #5785886)
Subject: RE: Follow up question on IL to Niagara Falls summer trip


I agree with most of the advice other agtalkers have already provided regarding what's worth seeing in and around downtown Toronto. I would just add a few more ideas for your consideration. As it happens both of our daughters graduated from downtown universities and now live and work downtown. Our daughters share an apartment just a couple steps away from the old Maple Leaf Gardens, former home arena for our famous underachieving NHL team. Naturally, we visit regularly.

1. The Distillery District. My wife and I haven't visited there yet but it's on our to-do list. Everyone I have talked to including our daughters always seem to have enjoyed their visit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillery_District
2. Theatre District. If you enjoy good theatre there's no shortage of venues, shows etc. The Mirvish family have been for many years the champions of theatre in Toronto. There are a number of venues run by Mirvish including the beautiful and historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. I wouldn't mind taking in a show there again myself as it has just been renovated again, it is a beautiful venue first opened in 1907. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Alexandra_Theatre#2016_renovatio...
https://www.mirvish.com/theatres/royal-alexandra-theatre
3. Should you find yourself in the vicinity of Queen St. W. consider walking west from Yonge St., you'll come upon the old gothic style city hall. Just beyond is the new city hall built in the 60s, I don't know who the architect was but I guarantee you've never seen a building quite like it. The structure supporting the mushroom shaped council chambers is unusual. In front of city hall is Nathan Phillips Square, somewhere around that square there is a 3D "TORONTO" sign that has become popular since the Pan-Am games were held in the city, really is one of those places where visitors like to have their pictures taken. The square's fountain pool in Winter becomes an outdoor skating rink.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall
http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/01/toronto-sign-gets-major-addition...
4. Someone mentioned visiting Queens Park our Provincial Legislature, I agree that is an interesting area to explore as adjacent to the legislature grounds is the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. It is a sprawling campus comprising of hundreds of buildings of all types, many buildings date from the 19th century, lots of interesting architectural features if you're interested in that sort of thing. Perhaps your teens would find a stroll around UofT campus interesting. You might be shocked to lay eyes on the tiny football/athletic field. College sports in Canadian universities are not a path to any professional sport other than a few CFL players. Sports scholarships are not a feature of Canadian universities.
5. If you'd like to explore a fancy part of town visit the Bloor/Yorkville neighbourhood. Bloor St. forms the northern boundary of the UofT campus so it's close to the downtown core. There's hotels there too, kind of fancy though.
http://bloor-yorkville.com/
6. Scattered about the fringes of the downtown core there are many quiet leafy streets, originally residential these streets are lined with hundreds of little restaurants, many have nice quiet patios open during the warm months.
7. Another interesting place to visit/eat is Harbourfront which is of course on the waterfront adjacent to the Rogers Centre and CN Tower, you just walk towards the lake and you'll find a street called Queens Quay, it fronts on the harbour. There's a HUGE restaurant named "Amsterdam BrewHouse" right on the water there which we thought was fun, the food was decent too. There's a craft brewery in the restaurant. They have a huge outdoor patio sitting over the water there as well, it's generally packed, a reservation is probably a must especially for a patio table, we waited quite awhile before we got in. The inside booths are nice enough. I think there are several of those restaurants in the same general area.
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/marine/index.cfm
http://amsterdambrewhouse.com/
8. How about taking in a ball game? The Rogers Centre crowd has a lively vibe especially if the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles or Tigers are in town.
9. FYI there are regular tour bus departures for Niagara Falls which board somewhere downtown. I don't think that would be my choice to go see Niagara but it's an option.

Enjoy your holiday, hope the weather cooperates!
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