Your city hall

SkahHigh · #1 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 4:48 PM**

What does the town/city hall of the place you live in look like?

Montreal:

haljackey · #2 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 4:53 PM**

London

ssiguy · #3 Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 5:54 AM**

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London

As newer City Halls go I actually don't mind London's. It's clean and crisp and it's aged quite well. The thing that makes it even nicer is that it is right across from beautiful Victoria Park and on Wellington Street and area that is home to some of the most gorgeous yellow brick homes to be found anywhere in the country.

I was looking it up and I didn't realize that the old City Hall was the very stately building at Wellington & Dundas. I never really thought of it before. I don't know how to put pics up so if someone wants to........

Jeff · #4 Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 6:48 AM**

Winnipeg..

http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dyn...y=80&size=650x

SignalHillHiker · #5 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:07 PM**

Our City Hall is not-so-affectionately known as the Bunker. I actually quite like the interior; it's a nice contrast from the rest of the city:

But the exterior is... what? They even cheaped out on the skywalk.

Chadillaccc · #6 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:09 PM**

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...self-1.2442478

SkahHigh · #7 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:16 PM**

^so sad they got rid of the old one, I guess it had become too small. The new one doesn't look very good IMO...

speedog · #8 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

^so sad they got rid of the old one, I guess it had become too small. The new one doesn't look very good IMO...

Actually, the old Calgary city hall is still there and still in use.

SkahHigh · #9 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 6:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by speedog

Actually, the old Calgary city hall is still there and still in use.

I know it's still there, it's in the foreground of the picture Chad posted. Good to know it's still in use.

Echoes · #10 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 6:14 PM**

Saskatoon

IMG_2480 by echoes320, on Flickr

Chadillaccc · #11 Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 3:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by speedog

Actually, the old Calgary city hall is still there and still in use.

Not only that, it's in the very picture he was responding to.

Here's another view. Not many current pictures of it out there though...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationP...y_Alberta.html

SkahHigh · #12 Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Not only that, it's in the very picture he was responding to.

Here's another view. Not many current pictures of it out there though...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationP...y_Alberta.html

What I meant by "got rid of" was that it isn't Calgary's official city hall anymore, not that it was demolished.

speedog · #13 Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 2:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

What I meant by "got rid of" was that it isn't Calgary's official city hall any more, not that it was demolished.

It needs to be noted that it is part of Calgary's city hall complex and I believe that some if not all of the council offices are located in the old city hall building. The glass triangular structure is known as the Calgary Municipal Building while the old sandstone structure is known as the Calgary City Hall - most administrative stuff and council meetings are done/held in the Calgary Municipal Building which would probably make it the official city hall.

kool maudit · #14 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:32 PM**

lio45 · #15 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

That looks soooo typically Baltic-Scandinavian. I'm not surprised it happens to look like that.

Lille's surprised me a bit, though. I did not recall that tall tower.

csbvan · #16 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:34 PM**

Vancouver:

Vancouver City Hall #architecture #vancouver #vancouverarchitecture by Paul Krueger, on Flickr

Vancouver City Hall by John Bollwitt, on Flickr

Victoria:

http://www.nathanphilpsphotography.c...2359#h21572359

thegx · #17 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:36 PM**

Edmonton:

http://files.uai20.webnode.com/20000...9a/9339241.jpg

http://www.darcyleck.com/images/arch...Hall-lobby.jpg

matt602 · #18 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 5:51 PM**

Basically if you took London's city hall and pushed down on it, making it spread out a bit and gave it a much bigger forecourt, you get Hamilton's (well ok, not a great comparison but they both have the council chambers on stilts in front thing):

(archiseek.com entry on hamilton city hall)

(cbc.ca)

She's nothing compared to old city hall though:

(hamiltonpostcards.com)

kwoldtimer · #19 Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by matt602

Basically if you took London's city hall and pushed down on it, making it spread out a bit and gave it a much bigger forecourt, you get Hamilton's (well ok, not a great comparison but they both have the council chambers on stilts in front thing):

(archiseek.com entry on hamilton city hall)

(cbc.ca)

She's nothing compared to old city hall though:

(hamiltonpostcards.com)

I love Hamilton's City Hall. It's a beauty!

Tony · #20 Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I love Hamilton's City Hall. It's a beauty!

She is a beaut. Excellent example of mid-century modern / international style architecture. I thought there was talks about tearing it down to build a new one maybe 10 years ago? The school board building across the street was also an interesting piece of architecture.. but it's toast now. Too bad.

London's on the other hand, is an ugly, I guess po-mo block. But not as bad as the hodge-podge mixture that is Mississauga's post-modern City Hall.

Richmond Hill's CH is actually only a "temporary" arrangement and a new City Hall is suppose to be constructed in the Downtown in the future.