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St. Lawrence Market North is a public market building in Toronto, Canada. It hosts a variety of markets, including a farmer's market, an antique market and Christmas trees daily from mid-Nov. to Dec. 24th. The site has been the site of a farmer's market since 1803. Several buildings have been built on the site, the most recent in 1968. It is in the process of being replaced with a new structure. The St. Lawrence Market combines the North building, the St. Lawrence Hall and the St. Lawrence Market South building. ==History== The building has been demolished and re-built many times, and the address has been host to many architectural competitions. A market has operated at King St. and Jarvis St. since the area was designated the "Market Block" by Governor Hunter in 1803. The first permanent farmers' market building was built on the south side of King Street at Jarvis Street shortly after. It was enclosed in 1820 and replaced by a brick structure in 1831. This new building extended from King to Front and housed an assembly hall on the upper level. City Council met in this assembly hall from 1834 to 1845. It was destroyed by fire in 1849 along with much of the city (but not the City Hall.) A new building was built in 1851 abutting the new St. Lawrence Hall on King Street but with its main entrance facing Front Street. This building lasted until 1904, when it was demolished by order of the Market Commission and replaced by a building designed to match the recently completed South building. A canopy ran over Front Street connecting the north and south markets until it was removed in 1954. The latest incarnation of the north market was built in 1968. Today the North Market is different things on different days, but its principal claims to glory are associated with the colourful Farmers' Market, the largest in Toronto, that takes place on Saturdays starting at 5 am and is truly a local institution for Torontonians; the Sunday Antique Market, open every Sunday from 5 am to 5 pm; and the Christmas trees and holiday greens offered daily from mid-November to December 24th. On June 7, 2010, then-Mayor David Miller announced the winners of the design competition for a building to replace the existing North Market. The new building is expected to open in 2016. During the construction of the new building, the Saturday and Sunday North Market vendors will be selling from a location one block south on the Esplanade.〔http://www.toronto.ca/stlawrence_market/design/index.htm〕 File:Second market in York (Toronto).jpg |1831 building File:St. Lawrence Market by Micklethwaite.jpg |1851 building, as it looked circa 1890 File:St. Lawrence Market Interior 1891.jpg |View of interior of 1850 St. Lawrence Market building as it appeared in 1891. File:Panorama of Market Lane Park.jpg |View of St. Lawrence Market North building and Market Lane Park from north. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Lawrence Market North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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