Frost Building

Frost Building

The Frost Building is a curved building on the south east side of Queen's Park Crescent in Toronto, Ontario, and is home to various ministries of the Ontario government, primarily the Ministry of Finance. It is divided into a north block and a south block, with the north block located on 95 Grosvenor Street and the south block located on 7 Queen's Park Crescent.

The Ministry of Finance is located in this building.

The building is a landmark of modern office building architecture in Canada, dating from the early 1950s. It was one of the first totally "modern look"buildings without any of the fancy curlicues of older buildings. It was also original in that it follows the curve of the street on which it resides. It is named for former Premier of Ontario Leslie Frost.


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