- Doors Open Toronto
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Doors Open Toronto, now in its 12th year, has evolved into a weekend festival that is recognized as one of Toronto's greatest cultural events.
During one weekend a year, approximately 150 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for this free city-wide celebration.
Doors Open Toronto was developed as a millennium project in 2000, by the City of Toronto (developed from a European model) and has since attracted over 1.7 million residents and tourists. Doors Open Toronto gives people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to learn about Toronto's history, get involved and celebrate Toronto's built heritage.
Doors Open Toronto was the first city in North America to launch this type of program and has inspired similar programs across Canada and in the United States. Many participating buildings organize guided tours, exhibits, displays and activities to enrich the visitor experience.
Contents
Highlighted Buildings
Most buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday; however some only open for limited hours. The public is advised to check the "buildings to visit" section of the official website. The list of buildings is made public on May 1 of the calendar year. Some Doors Open Toronto highlighted buildings include: R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, Mackenzie House, and TTC carthouses.
Sponsors
Doors Open Toronto relies heavily on the support of sponsors. The Toronto Star releases the official Doors Open Toronto program guide in May of each year and has been a vital supporter of the program. In 2012, City TV and Omni Television also came on board as Doors Open Toronto media sponsors.
Volunteers
Doors Open Toronto is managed by Cultural Services at the City of Toronto. Doors Open Toronto relies on the support, as well as enthusiasm of hundreds of volunteers.
Applications are available each fall and can be found on the Doors Open Toronto website.
Awards
- 2009 Canadian Urban Institute at the Urban Leadership awards - City Soul Award
- 2010 City Manager's Award for Toronto Public Service Excellence
- 2010 The Canadian Museums Association Awards of Outstanding Achievement
Dates
The first Doors Open Toronto was held in May 2000. Since then, Doors Open Toronto has been held on the fourth weekend of May.
- 2000: May 27, 28
- 2001: May 26, 27
- 2002: May 25, 26
- 2003: May 24, 25
- 2004: May 29, 30
- 2005: May 28, 29
- 2006: May 27, 28
- 2007: May 26, 27
- 2008: May 24, 25
- 2009: May 23, 24
- 2010: May 29, 30
- 2011: May 28, 29
Complete list of participating buildings in recent years
Building[1][2][3][4][5] 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 1 King West x 25 Ritchie (New Condo Building) x 36 Chambers (former Ushers Grocery Store) x 401 Richmond x x x x x x x x 48 Abell St. x 51 Division Police Station x x Agathom Co. x Albany Club x All Saints' Church Community Centre x x x Allan Gardens x x x Alumnae Theatre (former Fire Hall No. 4) x x x x x Anshei Minsk Synagogue x x x x x Applewood: The Shaver Homestead x x x x x x x Archaeological Services Inc. x Archives of Ontario x Argonaut Rowing Club x ARIDO/IDC, Toy Factory Lofts x Arts and Letters Club x x x x x x x Artscape Wychwood Barns x x x x BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir x x x x x Beach Hebrew Institute x Beach Solar Laundromat x x Beach Walking Tours x x x x x x Beaty & Armstrong Row House x x Berkeley Castle x x Bethel Green Seniors Residence x x Black Creek Pioneer Village x x x x x x x x Bloorview Kids Rehab (was Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre) x x BLP Bronze International x BMO Field x BMW Toronto x x x Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf and the Manor x x Bortolotto Architecture & Interior Design x x Cadbury Chocolate Factory x Calvary Baptist Church x Camera x Campbell House Museum x x x x x x x x Canada Life x x x x x x x x Canada Permanent Building x x x x x x x Canada's National Ballet School x x x x x Canadian Blood Services: Central Ontario x x x Canadian Film Centre: Windfields Estate x Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives x x Canadian Music Centre: Chalmers House x x x Canadian Opera Company: Joey and Toby Tannenbaum Opera Centre x x x x Canadian Turkish Islamic Heritage Association x Cannon Design x Canon Theatre x x CanStage Berkeley Street Theatre x x x x Carlu x x x x Casa Loma: Estate Gardens x Casa Loma: Stables and Pellatt Hunting Lodge x x x x x x x x CBC: Canadian Broadcasting Centre x x x x x x Cecilla Murphy Building x Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and Studio Gallery x x x x x x x x Centennial College Student Centre @ Progress x Central Neighbourhood House x Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Historic Walls x x x x Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College x Centre for Iranian Studies In Toronto x Chapel of St. James-the-Less/St. James Cemetery & Crematorium x x x x x x Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto x x x x x x x CHUM Radio Building x Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Ossington Chapel) x Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Toronto Stake Centre x Church of the Holy Trinity x x x x x x x x Church of the Redeemer x x x x x x x x City Hall x x x x x x x x City Hall: Podium Green Roof x City Kids Child Care Centre x City of Toronto Archives x x x x x x x City of Toronto Collection & Conservation Centre x Citytv and OMNI Television, Rogers Studios x x CN Rail Police Building x CNIB Centre x x Coach House Press x x x x x x x Colborne Lodge x x x x x x x x Colonnade, The x Columbus Centre x Commerce Court North x x x x x x x Congregation Darchei Noam x Congregation Knesseth Israel x x x x x x x Corkin Gallery x Corus Quay x Courtyard House x x Design Exchange (former Toronto Stock Exchange building) x x x x x x x x Diamond and Schmitt Architects: Ellis Building x x Distillery Historic District: Deaf Culture Centre x x Distillery Historic District: Denaturing Room (Building 47) x Distillery Historic District: Malt Kilns, Rack House D and Yeast Loft x x x x x Distillery Historic District: Stone Distillery Building 5 x Dominion Modern Museum of Modern Architecture & Design x Don Jail x Don Valley Brick Works (Evergreeen) x x x x x x x Dovercourt Public School x Drake Hotel x x x x du Toit Allsopp Hillier Architects (50 Park Rd.) x x x East Toronto Masonic Temple x Eco-suite at Tridel's Element Condominium x Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre x x x x x x x x Empire Sandy (Tall ship) x x Enoch Turner Schoolhouse x x x x x Evergreen Yonge Street Mission x Exhibition Place: Allstream Centre (former Automotive Building) x Exhibition Place: Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame x x Exhibition Place: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex x x x x Exhibition Place: National Trade Centre (now Direct Energy Centre) x Exhibition Place: Press Building x x Exhibition Place: Queen Elizabeth Theatre x Exhibition Place: Scadding Cabin x x x x x x x x Exhibition Place: Sustainable Condo (former Music Building) x Exhibition Place: Wind Turbine Generator x Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Green Roof x x x x Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Riding Academy x x x x x Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Animal Services x x x x x Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Police Mounted Unit x x x x x x Factory Theatre x x x Fairmont Royal York x Farrow Partnership Architects Offices x x Fire Station 227 x Fire Station 311 x Fire Station 334: Harbourfront x x Fire Station 344: The Annex x Fire Station 423: The Junction x Fire Station 425: Swansea x Fire Station: Toronto Island x First Baptist Church x x First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto x x x x x x x x First Narayever Congregation x Fool's Paradise (home of artist Doris McCarthy) x x Fort Rouille (Historic Site) x Fort York x x x x x x x x Fort York Armoury x x x x Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts x x Friends House (Quaker Meeting House) x Frontier College/Gzowski House x x Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art x x x x x x x Gardiner's Cottage at Kew Gardens x George Brown College: Chef School x George Brown College: St. James Campus x George Brown House x x x x x x x x Gibraltar Point Lighthouse x x Gibson House Museum x x x x x x x x Gilbert Studio x Gilda's Club Greater Toronto: the Lombard Street Firehall x Gladstone Hotel x x x x x x x x Gloucester Square Inns: Charles Rundle Mansion x x x x Gloucester Square Inns: Edward Gallow Esquire Mansion x x x x Gooderham Flatiron Building x x x x x x x x Gooderham House, The x x Grace Church On-the-Hill x x Grange, The x Great Hall, The x x GreekTown on the Danforth x x x H.M.C.S. York Naval Reserve x x Hare Krishna Temple (ISKCON Toronto) x x x x x x x Hariri Pontarini Architects Studio x Heliconian Hall x x x High Park Club x Historic Zion Schoolhouse x x x x x x x HOK x Holy Blossom Temple x x Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church x x x Hope United Church x Hotel Victoria (originally Hotel Mossop) x Hugh Garner Housing Co-operative Green Roof x x Humber Arboretum Centre for Urban Ecology x x Humberside Collegiate Institute x Hummingbird Centre (now Sony Centre for the Performing Arts) x Inglenook Community School x x x Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, The x Ireland Park x x Islamic Foundation of Toronto x x x x x x x Islamic Information and Dawan Centre International x x Jain Temple x Jami Mosque x x x x x x Japan Foundation x x x x x JAZZ Residences on Church x John Mackenzie House (Ontario Historical Society) x x x x x x x x John St. Roundhouse: Steam Whistle Brewing x x x x x x x x John St. Roundhouse: Toronto Railway Historical Association x x x x x x x x Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada x x Kasian Architects x Kiever Synagogue x x x King James Place x Knox Presbyterian Church x Lakeshore Grounds: Assembly Hall x Lakeshore Grounds: Cumberland House: The Jean Tweed Centre x Lakeshore Grounds: Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary x Lakeshore Grounds: Humber ITAL, Lakeshore Campus x Lakeshore Grounds: Power House Recreation Centre x Lakeshore Grounds: The Gatehouse x Lambton House x x x x x x x x LCBO Summerhill (North Toronto Station) x x x Le Méridien King Edward x x x Leslie Spit Allotment Gardens x x Levitt Goodman Architects x Levitt Goodman House x Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute x Liss Gallery x Little Trinity Anglican Church x x x x x x x x Live@Courthouse (formerly York County Courthouse) x x x Lord Lansdowne Senior Public School x Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People x x x x x x Mackenzie House x x x x x x x x Malabar Limited Costume Warehouse x Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence Market x x x x x x x x MaRS Centre x x x x x x Masjid Toronto x x Masonic Temple: MTV x McArthur & Co. Publishing x McKinsey & Company x x Metro Label Company Ltd. x Metropolitan United Church x x x x x x x x Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences x x x Montgomery's Inn x x x x x x x x Moriyama & Teshima Architects x x x x Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre x Mountain Equipment Co-op x x x x x x x Multicultural History Society of Ontario x Museum of Inuit Art x x x National Ballet of Canada: Walter Carsen Centre x x National Film Board Mediatheque x x Native Canadian Centre of Toronto x x x Native Child and Family Services of Toronto x Noor Cultural Centre x x x Ogden Funeral Home, St. Clair Chapel x Old City Hall x x x x x x x x Ontario Association of Architects x x x x x x x Ontario College of Art and Design: Sharp Centre for Design x x x x Ontario Heritage Centre (Birkbeck Building) x x x x x Ontario Legislative Building (Queen's Park) x x x x x x x x Ontario Place (Grounds only) x x Ontario Science Centre Architectural Walkabout x Osgoode Hall x x x x x x x x Palais Royale x x Pape Avenue Cemetery x Parc Downsview Park: Movie Studio Building and Corporate Office x x x x Parc Downsview Park: Rhema Christian Ministries x Parc Downsview Park: The Hangar x x Parc Downsview Park: Toronto Aerospace Museum x x Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre x x Phoenix Place x Portlands Energy Centre x x Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre at Harbourfront Centre x Press Building x Princess of Wales Theatre x x Queen's Wharf Lighthouse x x R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant x Ralph Thornton Community Centre x Ravina Project x Redpath Sugar Refinery Museum x x x x x x Regent Park Phase One Walking Tour x x Regent Park Revitalization x x Residences at Regal Hand Laundry x Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple x x x x x x x x Robertson Building x x x Rosar Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel x x Rosewater Supper Club (former Consumer's Gas Building) x x Roy Thomson Hall x Royal Alexandra Theatre x x x Royal Canadian Military Institute x x x x x Royal Canadian Yacht Club's City Clubhouse x Royal Conservatory of Music (formerly McMaster Hall) x Ryerson University: Architecture Building x SAS Building x Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church x x Scarborough Historical Museum (Cornell House) x x x x x x x x Scarborough Masonic Temple x x Second City x x Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Archangel Michael x Shamrock Bowl x x South Central Letter Processing Plant x Spadina Museum: Historic House and Gardens x x x x x x x St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church x x x x St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough x x x x x x x St. Anne's Anglican Church x x x x x St. Francis of Assisi Church x St. Gabriel's Passionist Parish x x x St. George's Church-on-the-Hill x St. George's Greek Orthodox Church x x x x x x x x St. George-the-Martyr Anglican Church x x x x x x St. James' Cathedral, Parish House Archives & Museum x x x x x x x x St. Jamestown Sailing Club x St. John the Baptist Anglican Church x St. John's Anglican Church, West Toronto x x x x x St. John's Rehab Hospital x St. Lawrence Hall x x x x x x x St. Luke's United Church x St. Michael's Cathedral x x x x x x St. Patrick's Church x x St. Paul's Basilica x x x x St. Paul's Bloor Street Church x x St. Paul's Church, Runnymede x St. Peter's Anglican Church x St. Simon the Apostle x St. Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church x x St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church x x x St. Thomas's Anglican Church x x x x x x x St. Vladimir Institute and Ukrainian Museum of Canada x x St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral x Stanley Barracks (Officers' Quarters) x Stantec: Former McGregor Sock Factory x x x Stephan Caras Design x Studio Building x Sunnyside Pavilion x Swansea Town Hall x Tarragon Theatre x x x Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd. x Taylor Smyth Architects x TDSB: Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives x x x Textile Museum of Canada x x x x x x The Bay Queen St. x Thomas L. Wells Public School x Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre x x x x x x x x Tollkeeper's Cottage x x x Tommy Thompson Park: Spring Bird Festival x x Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation (TARIC) x Toronto Arts Council x Toronto Botanical Garden x x x x x Toronto Carpet Factory x x Toronto Chinese Baptist Church x Toronto Community Housing: 501 Adelaide St. E. x Toronto Harbour Commission Building x Toronto Hydro Corporation x Toronto Island Public/Natural Science School x Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Chapel and Crematorium x x x x x Toronto Police Service Headquarters & Museum x x Toronto Police Service Marine Unit x x x Toronto Postal Station K x Toronto Public Labyrinth x Toronto Public Library: Annette St. Branch x Toronto Public Library: Beaches Branch x Toronto Public Library: City Hall Branch x Toronto Public Library: Dufferin/St. Clair Branch x Toronto Public Library: Jane/Sheppard Branch x Toronto Public Library: Lillian H. Smith Branch x Toronto Public Library: Long Branch x Toronto Public Library: McGregor Park Branch x Toronto Public Library: Runnymede Branch x Toronto Public Library: S. Walter Stewart Branch x Toronto Public Library: Swansea Branch x Toronto Public Library: Toronto Reference Library x Toronto School of Circus Arts x Toronto West Masonic Temple x x x Toronto Zen Centre x Toronto-Dominion Centre x x x x x x x Toronto's First Post Office (York Post Office) x x x x x x x x Trend House, The x Trillium (side wheeler paddle steamer) x TTC: Bay Lower x x TTC: Eglinton Garage Division x TTC: Greenwood Shops x x TTC: Harvey Shops x x TTC: McCowan Carhouse x TTC: Mount Dennis Bus Garage x TTC: Roncesvalles Carhouse/Division x U of T: Annesley Hall x U of T: Bahen Centre for Information Technology x x U of T: Birge-Carnegie Library x U of T: Burwash Dining Hall x U of T: Chapel of St. Catherine, Massey College x U of T: Chestnut Residence x U of T: Christie Hose and Fontebonne Hall x U of T: Cumberland House x U of T: Davenport Garden x U of T: Early Learning Centre x U of T: Emmanuel College x U of T: Exam Centre x U of T: Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design x U of T: First Nations House x x U of T: Gerstein Science Information Centre x x U of T: Hart House x x x x U of T: iSchool Institute x U of T: John W. Graham Library: Trinity College x U of T: Leighton G. McCarthy House x U of T: McLuhan Coach House x U of T: Mining Building x U of T: Multi-faith Centre, Koffler Institute x x U of T: New College - New Residence Building x U of T: New College - Wetmore/Wilson Halls x U of T: Newman Centre, St. Thomas Aquinas Church x U of T: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education x U of T: Regis College x x U of T: Rotman School of Management x x U of T: School of Continuing Studies x x U of T: Soldiers' Memorial Tower x x x x x x U of T: Sorbara Residence x x U of T: Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research x U of T: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library x x x x x x x x U of T: Trinity College x x U of T: University College and Art Centre x x x x x U of T: Victoria College Building (Old Vic) x U of T: Victoria College: E.J. Pratt Library x x x U of T: Victoria University: Emmanuel College Library x U of T: Woodsworth College x U of T: Woodsworth College Residence x x U of T: Wycliffe College x x U of T Scarborough: Academic Resource Centre x x U of T Scarborough: Arts & Administration Building x x U of T Scarborough: Instructional Centre x U of T Scarborough: John Andrews Buildings x x U of T Scarborough: Management Building x U of T Scarborough: Science Research Building x U of T Scarborough: Student Centre x Umbra x Union Station x x x x x x x x University Club x University of Guelph: Humber x University Women's Club of Toronto x x Upper Canada College x Variety Village x Villa Colombo x Wellesley Community Centre x Westwood Sailing Club x x Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life x x Women's Art Association of Canada x x x x Yonge Hearts Day Care Centre x York College of Industry & Technology (former Massey Mansion) x York Museum: Centennial Building x x x x x x x York University: Computer Science & Engineering Building x York University: Honour Court and Information Centre x York University: Seymour Schulich Building x York University: Student Centre x Yorkminster Park Baptist Church x x Young Centre for the Performing Arts x Zeidler Partnership Architects Building x x x x x x Zion Church Cultural Centre x x x x x x x Zoroastrian Temple (Mehraban Guiv Darbe Mehr) x See also
- Doors Open Canada
- Doors Open Ontario
- Open House London
- openhousenewyork
External links
Notes
- ^ "City of Toronto - Doors Open 2007". City of Toronto. http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen.nsf/ArchivedAll. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
- ^ "City of Toronto - Doors Open 2008". City of Toronto. http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2008.nsf/ArchiveAll. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
- ^ "City of Toronto - Doors Open 2009". City of Toronto. http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2009.nsf/ArchiveAll. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ "City of Toronto - Doors Open 2010". City of Toronto. http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2010.nsf/ArchiveAll. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "City of Toronto - Doors Open 2011". City of Toronto. http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2011.nsf. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
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