Past Friday, the class made a trip down to the St Lawrence Market. Unfortunately, I was not able to take part in the trip with conflicting schedule, so I made my own trip down on Saturday to feel the festive spirit as well as check out some of the things that my classmates told me. Arriving in the morning at around 11am, there were as usual lots of people, each enjoying the market in different ways. Festive ornamentation were installed to both interior and exterior of the building, bringing attention to the Christmas holidays around the corner. For those not familiar with the market, it is one of historical markets of the city that boasts rich array of small businesses. These small businesses are not only diverse and each unique in character, but they are also extremely successful in creating a vibrant ‘community’ atmosphere.
I’ve also learnt that there is a rich history behind the St. Lawrence Market. The market was initially opened in 1814 introducing local food culture to Toronto. Since then,the market has gone through different buildings and renovations that culminated to current structure that was built in 1968. St. Lawrence Hall, situated on the north of the site, is a sister building to the current St. Lawrence Market that was built in 1851 and still stands slightly north of Front Street. In 2010, the market has also opened an international architectural competition for the new north building that was eventually won by Norman Foster architects. Their scheme involved viewing the new North Building as a connector building between St. Lawrence Hall and St. Lawrence Market through using glass atrium.
To finish off today’s blog post, I grabbed my fish n’ chip at Buster’s Sea Cove, and I must say, it was probably one of the best fish n’chip I had in a long time. Highly recommended!
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