Open Doors 2017 Toronto
The doors are about to open across toronto.
Open doors 2017 toronto. Doors open 2017 is the 18th since the festival first began and coincides this year with to canada with love the city of toronto s year long program of events and celebrations in honour of. This year there s a ramped up roster of buildings to see in honour of canada 150 celebrations. Info from the city of toronto. Doors open toronto was developed as a millennium project in 2000 by the city of toronto developed from a european model and has since attracted over 1 7 million residents and.
The event offers residents and visitors an opportunity to take a peek behind the doors of significant buildings across the city many of which are normally off limits to the. The 18th annual doors open toronto returns on may 27 and 28 and the weekend celebration of architecture will include 50 new building participants a speaker series and new music program city wide walking tours and more. For one weekend a year buildings across toronto open their doors to the public during the doors open toronto festival. Eileen de villa city operated programs and access to city.
The tradition began in france in 1984 and caught on next in glasgow in 1990. Doors open toronto is an annual event when approximately 150 buildings of architectural historic cultural and social significance to the city of toronto open their doors to the public for this free citywide event. The declaration of a municipal emergency is part of the city s ongoing efforts to slow the spread of covid 19 and ensure the city can act and respond quickly to the pandemic and any other events. We look forward to seeing you back in communities once it is safe to do so.
Digital doors open toronto explore some traditional doors open toronto sites without having to leave home. Doors open toronto 2017 is the 18th year of the free two day annual event running on may 27 and 28. Over 150 buildings of cultural historical and social importance will open up to the public. The best doors open toronto events for 2017 on may 27 and 28 gain access to over 150 of toronto s most architecturally historically and culturally relevant buildings by michelle da silva.
We will be going behind the doors and onto the trails of heritage sites across the province virtually. Doors open ontario has gone digital. Canada s largest doors open event and one of the three largest doors open events in the world toronto s version is a free annual event held on the last weekend of may. On march 23 mayor john tory declared an emergency in toronto.
The following sites offer tours videos and activities that will engage people of all ages. To celebrate canada s 150th birthday this year s event features more than 150 buildings representing each decade since the.