Four Seasons Yorkville Commemorative Plaque, 2020.
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Resource ID
8157
Access
Open
Address
155 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON M5R 1C4
Date of Creation
2020
Historical Themes
Architectural Heritage, Entertainment and Leisure, Post-war urban development
Program Category
Plaques
Time Period
1954-1998, 1999-today
Caption
Four Seasons Yorkville Commemorative Plaque, 2020.
Description
This building was conceived by property developer Ian Richard Wookey in the 1960s and originally operated as a hotel. At the time, Yorkville was the centre of the city’s hippie counterculture. Towards the end of the decade, development began to transform Yorkville into an upscale shopping district and neighbourhood. Wookey worked with WZMH Architects, the firm that designed the CN Tower, to create the 31-storey, Brutalist hotel building. It opened in 1972 as the luxury Hyatt Regency. In 1978, the Toronto-based Four Seasons hotel chain acquired the Hyatt Regency building. Around this time the Festival of Festivals, which became the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), was establishing itself in Yorkville. The Four Seasons became a part of the annual event, hosting parties and accommodating celebrities. The hotel closed in 2012 for redevelopment. At the time it was the longest-operating tower location of the Four Seasons. In 2018, developer Camrost Felcorp Inc. turned the building into Yorkville Plaza, a condominium. A new residential tower, the Cumberland Tower and Yorkville Private Estates, as well as an office building, 135 Yorkville, were added to the property.
Marker lat / long: 43.670246, -79.394567 (WGS84)