Scarborough Civic Centre

The Scarborough Civic Centre, located in Toronto, Ontario, was built and completed in 1973 by architect Raymond Moriyama for the then Borough of Scarborough. It was opened by then mayor Albert Campbell and Queen Elizabeth II. The building served as municipal office and office for the Scarborough Board of Education which held its last official meeting in November 1997 chaired by Mrs. Gaye Dale.

Post Amalgamation

In 1998 when the City of Scarborough was amalgamated into the (mega)city of Toronto, the Civic Centre became the municipal office site for Toronto's eastern district. It is currently home to the Scarborough Community Council. The five-storey east tower holds the municipal offices, while the four-storey west tower now holds the offices of the Toronto District School Board.

The building is unique for the juxtaposition of two triangular shaped, multiple split level towers, and having them surrounding an open central area in the interior. On the outside is a waterfall, wading pool, and skating rink (in winter times).

Outside the Civic Centre on the north side is Albert Campbell Square. It was named after Albert Campbell, Scarborough's first mayor. Campbell became mayor in 1967 when Scarborough was incorporated as a borough in Metropolitan Toronto.

Stone sculptures are found of the southwest side of the building. A man held up by a hand is found in the woods just south of the centre. Frank Faubert Forest, a wooded area south of the Civic Centre is named for Scarborough last mayor, Frank Faubert.

Other former civic buildings in Scarborough include:

* Scarborough Municipal Building - Eglinton Avenue near Birchmount Road - later as Metro East Detention Centre office (demolished)
* Mammoth Hall (1879) - destroyed by fire in 1988

External links

* [http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/culture/scarborough_cc_gallery.htm Scarborough Civic Centre]
* [http://www.standupscarborough.ca/history.htm Standup Scarborough]