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Spadina House, also called Spadina Museum, is a historic manor on Spadina Road in Toronto, Canada that is now a museum operated by the City of Toronto Cultural Services.The museum preserves the house much as it existed and developed historically.The art, decor and architecture of the house used to reflect the contemporary styles of the 1860s through the 1930s, including Victorian, Edwardian, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Colonial Revival styles. After being closed for a year for restoration work, Spadina Museum re opened in November 2010 in the inter war era style of the 1920s and 1930s.The estate gardens reflect the landscape during the Austin family occupation of the house.

Fort York is a historic site of military fortifications and related buildings on the west side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The fort was built by the British Army and Canadian militia troops in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, to defend the settlement and the new capital of the Upper Canada region from the threat of a military attack, principally from the newly independent United States.It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1923.The City of Toronto designated the site, along with the nearby Fort York Armoury, as a Heritage Conservation District in 1985.

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue west of the centre of the city.A second area known as East Chinatown, extends along both streets from the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street.First developed in the late 19th century, the main Chinatown is now one of the largest Chinatowns in North America and one of several major Chinese Canadian communities in the Greater Toronto Area.There are approximately six Chinatowns in Greater Toronto, including in the municipalities of Markham and Mississauga.

Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza in Toronto, Canada.It forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and is named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962.The square was designed by the City Hall architect Viljo Revell and opened in 1965.The square is the site of concerts, art displays, a weekly farmer market, the winter festival of lights, and other public events, including demonstrations.During the winter months, the reflecting pool is converted into a ice rink for ice skating.The square attracts an estimated 1.5 million visitors yearly.

Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city most well known.In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that Kensington today is as much a legend as a district.The (partly) outdoor market has probably been photographed more often than any other site in Toronto. Its approximate borders are College St.on the north, Spadina Ave.on the east, Dundas St.W.to the south, and Bathurst St.to the west.Most of the neighbourhood eclectic shops, cafes, and other attractions are located along Augusta Ave.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois.The building, named after billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.Bovis Lend Lease built the 98 story structure, which reached a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m).It is adjacent to the main branch of the Chicago River, with a view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges over the river.The building received publicity when the winner of the first season of The Apprentice reality television show, Bill Rancic, chose to manage the construction of the tower over managing a new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles, California.

The Toronto waterfront is the lakeshore of Lake Ontario in the City of Toronto, Ontario in Canada.It spans 46 kilometres between the mouth of Etobicoke Creek in the west, and the Rouge River in the East.The entire lakeshore has been significantly altered from its natural glaciated state prior to European settlement.

Ontario Place is a multiple use site under development in Toronto, Ontario, and owned by the Crown in Right of Ontario, and administered as an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture.It takes its name from the original Ontario Place, a theme park that operated on the site from 1971 to 2011.Currently the site includes the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, event facility Atlantis, and a marina.Buildings on the site include pods designed by Eb Zeidler and a geodesic dome, previously an IMAX theatre called Cinesphere.

Queens Quay is a prominent street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The street was originally commercial in nature due to the many working piers along the waterfront parts of it have been extensively rebuilt in since the 1970s with parks, condominiums, retail, and institutional and cultural development.

The Beaches (also known as The Beach) is a neighbourhood and popular tourist destination located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is located on the east side of the Old City of Toronto.The original boundaries of the neighbourhood are from Victoria Park Avenue on the east to Kingston Road on the north, to Coxwell Avenue on the west, south to Lake Ontario.The Beaches is part of the east central district of Toronto.