 the toronto city hall or new city hall is the home of the municipal government of toronto, ontario, canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. designed by finnish architect viljo revell (with heikki castrÃ©n, bengt lundsten, seppo valjus) and landscape architect richard strong, and engineered by hannskarl bandel, the building opened in 1965. it was built to replace old city hall, which was built in 1899.ian chodikoff "days of future passed." the canadian architect. vol. 50. iss.8 (2005):26-27. print. city of toronto archives. toronto's new city hall. n.p. , n.d. web. 17 september 2010. the current city hall, located at nathan phillips square, is actually toronto's fourth city hall and was built in order to replace the former city hall due to a shortage of space. the area of toronto city hall and the civic square was formerly the location of toronto's old chinatown, which was expropriated and bulldozed during the mid-1950s in preparation for a new civic building.{{citation|title=chinatown: an illustrated history of the chinese communities of victoria, vancouver, calgary, winnipeg, toronto, ottawa, montreal and halifax |last=yee |first=paul |publisher=james lorimer & company limited |location=toronto, on, can 
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