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Etobicoke Civic Centre

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219:, a committee of councillors representing wards in the area that makes recommendations on local matters to the full city council. The building also houses a number of local municipal departments and services. A farmers' market operates from spring to fall yearly. An ornamental pool and square was removed during renovations, so the current civic centre lacks any formal public space; it is surrounded by other buildings and parking lots with some trees and patches of lawns. The historic 'Applewood' Shaver House across the street is used for weddings. 29: 197:, V.C., an Etobicoke war Hero was erected in 1980. The Board of Education (1 City Centre Court) and Ontario Hydro (South Block) built structures next to the Civic Centre, the former was acquired by Etobicoke for civic use in 1969. In 1973 an addition was added to the original by the same architectural firm. 192:
A limestone cenotaph (War Memorial - Etobicoke Municipal Centre) was constructed in 1968 in memory of those who gave their lives in World War I (1914 - 1918), World War II (1939 - 1945), and the Korean War (1950 - 1953). The original plan was to convert the clock tower as a cenotaph. The war dates
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Plans are in the works to relocated the Civic Centre from the current location to the site of the vacant Westwood Theatre at Dundas Street West and Kipling Avenue. The new site will require the re-construction of the current intersection at
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at 4946 Dundas Street (now Fox and a Fiddle pub). The building exterior is clad in Queenston limestone and framed by glass and aluminum. The original building also features a clock tower with a non-numeric clock face.
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In 2023, staff voted to remove the coat of arms from the building. This was done to improve relations with Indigenous communities in Toronto. The removal has been criticized by councilor
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Vendors from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario sell fresh produce, eggs, meat and bread. It is one of 5 farmers markets in Etobicoke:
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A lone male entered the Civic Centre and caused damaged to the building exterior and interior as well as City vehicles on March 28 or 29, 2016.
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are located on a metal plaque and above it a large metal cross. Adjacent to the Cenotaph, a provincial plaque commemorating Corporal
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Humber Bay Shores Condominium Association Farmers Market at Humber Bay Park West - every Saturday from late May to early October
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Stonegate Farmers Market at Christ Church St. James Anglican on Park Lawn Road -every Tuesday from late June to early October
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A seasonal farmers market is open on Saturdays from early June to late October in the parking area of the Civic Centre.
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in 1998, and the building no longer serves as a city hall and retained for use for City of Toronto use.
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The building was built in 1958 by the firm Shore and Moffat to replace the single storey brick
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Farmers Market at Church on the Queensway - every Friday from early June to late October
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Shore and Moffat (Robert Reid Moffat and Leonard Shore)
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The new location will house city offices as well as:
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Toronto
Ontario
Coordinates
43°38′38″N 79°33′56″W / 43.64389°N 79.56556°W / 43.64389; -79.56556
Eatonville
Toronto
Ontario
Etobicoke
Township of Etobicoke Municipal Hall
Frederick George Topham
Toronto
The West Mall
Etobicoke
Etobicoke community council
Stephen Holyday
Sherway Gardens
Montgomery's Inn
East York Civic Centre
North York Civic Centre
Scarborough Civic Centre
York Civic Centre
Metro Hall
Toronto City Hall
Six Points



"Toronto Staff Report"
"Etobicoke cenotaph: Memorial 35021-001 Toronto (Etobicoke), ON"

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