Excuse me, is there any place to go near UnionStation in Toronto?

Toronto, Canada is a vibrant metropolis and colorful. She has different faces. Today, we will begin with Union Station to unravel some of her faces.

Union Station is an art building designed by Montreal Construction Company. There are 22 limestone columns at the main entrance, which are 12 meters high and weigh 75 tons. 1927 On August 6th, Prince Edward of Wales personally cut the ribbon with pure gold scissors. This shows the importance attached to this railway station.

In Toronto, if someone asks you to meet in the lobby of Union Station, you must come to the lobby below. As the main hall of the railway station, it can be described as magnificent and very royal in Canada, the colonial home country at that time.

This 76-meter-long and 26-meter-high main hall relies almost entirely on natural light, thanks to the windows on both sides and the four-story arched windows at both ends. It is said that this idea came from the ancient Roman baths.

Opposite the train station is the Royal York Hotel in fairmont. York is the original name of Toronto. The British who came here across the ocean gave their new home such a name to commemorate their hometown Yorkshire. This hotel has also become the hotel where the British royal family stayed when they arrived in Toronto.

This hotel is resplendent and magnificent, and its styling creativity comes from the royal throne of the Queen of England, vowing to shine the light of the royal family of the motherland in the new colony. A few years ago, Lake Ontario was directly under Grand Central Station. Imagine how the colonists who came by boat saw such a magnificent building from a distance!

Come out of Union Station, walk right for a short time, and then turn left, which is the famous Bay Street. In Toronto, if you say that you work in the Gulf, nine times out of ten you are a banker or financial elite in a suit and tie, just like in new york, I joked with our guide Jason. In China, if you say you work on Wall Street, you are probably an English teacher.

This block is very new york, with many tall buildings. At the four corners of a crossroads, four of Canada's top five banks stand. Jason said with a smile, if there are five sides at the intersection, I believe all five banks will settle here. The famous Toronto Stock Exchange TMX is also on this street.

This street is not only a towering modern bank building, but also the only work left in Canada by the world-famous and controversial Spaniard Santiago Calatrava. The master who was born in Valencia also left a legacy building like Science City for his hometown. Huahua took a lot of sci-fi photos when she visited!

And his architecture in Toronto is also his signature work-his personal style is too obvious! A large number of post-modern architectural styles are made of steel and glass. As a world-class architect, Santiago Calatrava simply embodies the unimaginable "hands-on ability". He not only mastered the general direction of the building, but even made the details of a lampshade himself, trying to achieve a balance between artistic sense and function.

Speaking of architecture in Toronto, there are three things that make me feel great. First, when building construction, the government stipulates that a certain proportion must be used as a public art exhibition area or public space, so citizens can get considerable artistic influence and space, and Toronto has become the top city most suitable for human habitation.

The second is the protection of old buildings during the construction of new cities. For example, in the Eaton Center, an ancient facade was suddenly seen between modern steel and glass. This is inside the old bank before RBC. When the new building was completed, the bricks and tiles were removed intact and preserved.

In addition, in the underground of Toronto, there is a complex underground city named Path, with a total length of 25km, even longer than the famous Montreal underground city, which is connected as a whole. Why use the word "at present"? Because the path is the individual behavior of each building. When a new building is completed, the owner will start to build his own road and connect it with the underground of the adjacent building.

So the path style is different for different builders, and you can clearly tell that you are going from one building to another. The style is easy to identify and the direction is hard to find, but Toronto people have long found a way to identify the direction. This direction can often be seen on the ceiling of the path. Alas, Guangdong people are useless regardless of the southeast, northwest and northwest!

With path, in the cold winter, you can take the subway without leaving home, which can not only meet all your survival needs, but also reduce the pressure on the ground streets, so Toronto will never be too messy and crowded.

On this street, there is also the center of Adelaide Bay, where The Suit was filmed. The newly appointed British princess once filmed here, and during the filming process, she made a fake new york subway station exit in front of this building, which can almost confuse the real with the fake.

On Bay Street, there is Hudson Bay Company, which was founded in May 1670 and is extremely important in Canadian colonies. 1670 On May 2nd, Hudson's Bay Company was established as a joint-stock company chartered by King charles ii of England. The company is approved to monopolize all the trade in the Hudson Bay area, and it is the oldest commercial entity in the world that still retains its original business scope.

The earliest British colonists came to present-day Canadian territory in search of heavy metals such as gold and silver. Unexpectedly, not as lucky as the Spanish colonists, these precious metals were not found in North America, and only some animal skins were shipped back to Britain. Fortunately, beaver hair products became the new fashion of European aristocrats at that time, so Hudson's Bay Company finally had a foothold. Nowadays, some places in Canada are named after people's names, which are the names of employees sent by this company to open up land in the local area.

Near Union Station, there is a commercial and financial center like Bay Street, which is also close to the old and new city halls. It's worth a visit!