[PHOTO] Old City Hall, New City Hall

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Old City Hall, New City Hall
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Located on Queen Street West and separated only by Bay Street, Toronto's two city halls still exist. The Old City Hall, a handsome Romanesque Revival building, was home to Toronto City Council from 1899 on, but after the Second World War proved too small to house the city's growing bureaucracy. Visible to the left of the Old City Hall is the current Toronto City Hall, a futuristic modernist building designed by Viljo Revell that opened in 1965. Thankfully, the Old City Hall wasn't razed, and is now used as a provincial court.

The City of Toronto (Old City Hall, New City Hall) has more information on the saga of the twin city halls.