Beautiful ceilings @ Commerce Court North

Beautiful ceilings @ Commerce Court North
Originally uploaded by Noisypond.

Today was the first day of Doors Open, an annual event in its 7th year, in which buildings of architectural and historic significance are opened to the public. It’s free! This is the first year that I actually went (having the best of intentions the last three years). Some buildings had lineups that were too long for me to even consider joining. But I was able to catch Commerce Court North (25 King St. W.) and the Canada Permanent Building (320 Bay St.).

Of the Canada Permanent Building, the Doors Open section of the Toronto Star (Thursday, May 18th) reads:

Opened in 1930, the skyscraper design was influenced by classical architecture. Corinthian columns are decorated with wheat sheaths and fleur-de-lis. CIBC mellon funded the award-winning restoration of the Art Deco Banking Hall in 2001.

For all the pictures I took today, click here.

Now if you can, get out tomorrow and visit some of these sites before Doors Open is finished for another year!!!! :)