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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.

Location Data

Marker lat / long: 43.670246, -79.394567 (WGS84)

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