Two views of a model of the proposed Eaton Centre demolishing Old City Hall, 1966. Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.
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12132
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1966
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Two views of a model of the proposed Eaton Centre demolishing Old City Hall, 1966. Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.
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When New City Hall opened in 1965, the city's former quarters was thrown into uncertainty as developers eyed its valuable real estate. The T. Eaton Company made a bid to City and Metro officials to purchase the land, demolish the building, and redevelop it into a vast retail and office complex. Public and official opposition to the plan would see it abandoned by the end of 1967.
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