I'm returning into Doors Open posts today. City Hall and the Heritage Building were part of the festivities. The buildings are linked, and they are very different. For an earlier view of the Heritage Building, look right here. And for a view of the more modern portion of the City Hall complex, check this link.
Stepping into the main entrance of the Heritage Building, this display of local athletes who went on to big things could be found.
The Heritage Building dates back to 1875. It is designed in High Victorian style, and once served as a school. As the story goes, these halls are haunted. A teacher is thought to have left something of herself behind. Perhaps she's still trying to find that devious student that always got the better of her.
Portraits of former mayors of the city can be found in these hallways.
Up on the second floor, we come up towards the reception area for the mayor's office.
Here we have the mayor's office. Unlike the drug addled clown who likes to think he's a mayor down in Toronto, our mayor is nice, polite, and professional.
This last shot features several paintings of local landmarks by a resident artist in the city. They can be found in the modern building.
Sounds like a job for Ghost Adventures.
ReplyDeleteLovely paintings, and I like the exposed brick.
ReplyDeleteOh now you've got me wondering about ghosts... Nice office and I like the city's arms against the brickwork!
ReplyDeleteImpressive photos William of a very interesting look at the inside of City Hall.
ReplyDeleteNot only is it a city hall but it also a place of the history.
ReplyDeleteWhat charming places.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you have the opportunity to do stuff like that. And it looks an impressive place. The mayor has no PC on his desk - or is that a laptop I see on the windowsill? Nice artwork display.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to have a look inside, the mayors room looks very nice with the sunlight coming in.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how nice the mayor, I always feel like I'm visiting Dickens' imfamous Circumlocution Office whenever I'm visiting city hall.
ReplyDeletei think it is #5 - the emblem - that is so cool!! ( :
ReplyDelete& the hall shot where the light blurs a bit.
Very cool coat of arms. Thanks for the guided tour.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to see inside City Hall! I also think the crest/coat of arms is really cool, especially since it's 3-D!
ReplyDelete@Whisk: it could be!
ReplyDelete@Linda: so did I!
@Ciel: it's a unusual coat of arms.
@Denise: thank you!
@Andy: and there's a lot of history there.
@Stuart: thanks!
@Mike: yes, there's a computer there on the far desk.
@Bieb: it does get a western exposure, so it gets a good deal of sun.
@Revrunner: hah!
@Beth: I wasn't quite sure of that corridor shot!
@Jose: you're welcome.
@Halcyon: I quite liked the crest.
Do you ever watch that show? We do. It's silly but
Deletewe like to watch it. Actually, it's on right now.
Happy Weekend.
I laughed at your remark about Toronto's mayor! His "comeback" out to be interesting.
ReplyDeleteYour City Hall is haunted, and ours looks haunted.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Rob Ford, I just saw Crack Daddy on TV!
Great set of images William.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot of that long corridor.
ReplyDeleteI love that kind of ghost stories, it's not hard to imagine your hear all kind of strange echoes in that corridor, I think ... :-)
Gosh, our city hall is a dump compared to yours.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that the mayor's office is not overly elaborate. I also like that hallway shot.
ReplyDeletei like the paintings exhibited! nice touch! haunting - that's pretty cool. :)
ReplyDeleteCity halls tend to be not so different, but your is very modern and full of light!
ReplyDeleteGood mayors are always kind of dull, aren't they? They usually get the job done though!
ReplyDeleteNow that is a long hall way. I like the paintings of the local area by a loca. Nice to have a polite professional for a Mayer. MB
ReplyDelete@EG: any chance to poke a stick at that insufferable prick cannot be passed up. The sooner he and his reprehensible family are removed from public life, the better.
ReplyDelete@Norma: I look forward to the end of the circus that is the Ford family.
@Luis: thank you!
@Jan: it's easy to let your imagination run wild!
@Hilda: I do like the Heritage Building side of things particularly.
@Sharon: it's probably different from the previous mayor, who came across as one of those masters of the universe twits. He'd have decorated the place lavishly.
@Tex: the paintings really stand out nicely there.
@VP: it does feel quite light in there.
@Cheryl: ours is kind of white bread dull, but yes, that usually means he's getting the job done.
@MB: yes, we're lucky, but as a whole, the country is still drawn by association into the mess that's down in Toronto.
Nice photos and I'm glad you have a professional mayor because these offices call for the utmost in polite behavior.
ReplyDeleteNice looking building. I really like the shot of that crest.
ReplyDeleteSo much quieter than our city hall! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love buildings with a story. That hallway looks endless!
ReplyDeleteLoved the high ceiling, but so glad I don't have to heat anything like that.
ReplyDelete@Eve: it does. If only the diehards of Toronto would see that about the idiot they're devoted to.
ReplyDelete@Judy: I did too.
@RedPat: just wait til the end of October when that jackass is finally turfed from office.
@Marleen: this building has plenty of stories.
@Mari: it would be a challenge!
Gee, William...no sympathy for Rob Ford? Really, he just hung out with the wrong people. He's sorry now and everything's going to be ALL BETTER, isn't it?! ;--}
ReplyDeleteI like the banner on your mayor's couch: "To A Greater Goal." Might be nice if more people kept that in mind from time to time.
No sympathy at all. I expect right now he's burning in hell, and to which I can say it couldn't have happened to someone who deserved it more. :)
DeleteDunno, Mayor seems a dirty word these days!
ReplyDeleteI've never been, despite living in Ottawa for 25 years! Of course, until the Harris days, I lived in Nepean!
You should get downtown more often.
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