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An underground shopping area in the financial district.

The PATH network's northerly point is the Toronto Coach Terminal at Dundas and Bay Streets, while its southerly point is the Metro Toronto Convention Centre's Convention South Building. Its main axes of walkways generally parallel Yonge Street and Bay Street. According to Guinness World Records, PATH is the largest underground shopping complex in the world with 371,600 square metres of retail space. [1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 50 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 50 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Bay Street is a street in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada. ...

Early pedestrian tunnels

In 1900, the Eaton's department store constructed a tunnel underneath James Street, allowing shoppers to walk between the Eaton's main store at Yonge and Queen streets and the Eaton's Annex located behind the (then) City Hall. It was the first underground pedestrian pathway in Toronto, and is often credited as a historic precursor to the current PATH network. The original Eaton's tunnel is still in use as part of the PATH system, although today it connects the Toronto Eaton Centre to the Bell Trinity Centre office complex (the latter of which stands on the site of the former Annex building). Eatons was once Canadas largest department store retailer. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Eatons House Furnishing Building in 1919, later known at the Eatons Annex. ... The Toronto Eaton Centre is a large shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada. ...

Another original underground linkage, built in 1927 to connect Union Station and the Royal York Hotel, also remains an integral part of today's PATH network. Union Station is a major railway, subway, and streetcar station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Royal York surrounded by Toronto’s modern towers. ...

Origins of current system

The current PATH system began under city planner Matthew Lawson in the 1960s. Toronto's downtown sidewalks were overcrowded, and new office towers were removing the much-needed small businesses from the streets. Lawson thus convinced several important developers to construct underground malls pledging that they would eventually be linked. The designers of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, the first of Toronto's major urban developments in the 1960s, and completed in 1967, were the first to include underground shopping in their complex, with the possibility of future expansion built in. The city originally helped fund the construction, but with the election of a reform city council this ended. The reformers disliked the underground system despite their support for public transit, cycling, and especially walking as alternatives to the automobile. This opposition was based on the Jane Jacobs notion that an active street life was important to keeping cities and neighbourhoods vital and that therefore consumers should be encouraged to shop on street level stores rather than in malls (whether they be above ground or below); however, the system continued to grow, as developers bowed to their tenants' wishes and connected their buildings to the system. This also converted low-valued basements into some of the most valuable retail space in the country. The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... The Toronto-Dominion Centre. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC , O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist. ...

Path signage

In the early 1990s City Council adopted a proper display system for the Path network. A colour-coded system with directional cues was invented.

The signage can be hard to find inside the various connected buildings. Building owners concerned about losing consumers to neighbouring buildings insisted that the signs not dominate their buildings, or their own signage system. The city relented and the result is the current system. Within the various buildings, pedestrians can find a map showing the system, plus cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) on ceiling signs at selected junctions. Many complain that the system is hard to navigate. A compass rose showing the cardinal directions In geography, the four cardinal directions are north, east, south and west. ...

Major facilities connected to PATH

• 2 Queen Street East
• 150 York
• Air Canada Centre
• Atrium on Bay
• Bay Adelaide Centre
• BCE Place
• Bell Trinity Centre
• CBC Broadcast Centre
• Citibank Place
• City Hall
• Commerce Court
• Design Exchange
• Dundas Square
• Toronto Eaton Centre
• Exchange Tower
• Federal Building
• First Canadian Place
• Hilton Hotel
• Hockey Hall of Fame
• HSBC Bank of Canada Building
• Hudson's Bay Company
• ING Tower
• Metlife Place
• Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• Munich Re Centre
• Richmond Adelaide Complex
• Rogers Centre
• Roy Thomson Hall
• Royal Bank Plaza
• Royal York Hotel
• Ryerson University - Business Building
• Scotia Plaza
• Sun Life centre
• Thomson Building
• Toronto-Dominion Centre
• Sheraton Centre
• Toronto Bus Terminal
• TTC subway stations: Dundas (TTC), Queen (TTC), King (TTC), Union (TTC), St. Andrew (TTC)
• Union Station
• Victory Building
• Yonge-Richmond Centre

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See also

• RÉSO of Montreal
• +15 of Calgary
• Downtown Halifax Link of Halifax, Nova Scotia

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External links

• The city of Toronto's PATH web page

Toronto landmarks

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Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), straddling Mississaugas northeastern boundary with neighbouring Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in the northeastern part of Toronto, Ontario. ... Union Station is a major railway, subway, and streetcar station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Categories: Stub | Cooperatives ... The Air Canada Centre is an arena at 40 Bay Street, in downtown Toronto, Ontario. ... Maple Leaf Gardens before gametime Maple Leaf Gardens is an indoor arena in Toronto, Ontario, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street. ... Ricoh Coliseum is an arena at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, Ontario. ... Rogers Centre, formerly known as (and often still called) SkyDome,1 is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. ... 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