page_title: Financial District, Toronto
section_title: Lost historic buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Financial District, Toronto / History / Lost historic buildings
caption_attribution_description: Toronto Star Building on King Street West, Toronto, Canada
context_page_description: The Financial District is the central business district of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was originally planned as New Town in 1796 as an extension of the Town of York. It is the main financial district in Toronto and is considered the heart of Canada's finance industry. It is bounded roughly by Queen Street West to the north, Yonge Street to the east, Front Street to the south, and University Avenue to the west, though many office towers in the downtown core have been and are being constructed outside this area, which will extend the general boundaries. Examples of this trend are the Telus Harbour, RBC Centre, and CIBC Square.
  It is the most densely built-up area of Toronto, home to banking companies, corporate headquarters, high-powered legal and accounting firms, insurance companies and stockbrokers. In turn, the presence of so many decision-makers has brought advertising agencies and marketing companies. The banks have built large office towers, much of whose space is leased to these companies.
context_section_description: Developments during the mid-20th century led to several to the demolition of several 19th and 20th Century buildings including:
  Old Toronto Star Building - First Canadian Place
  retained various facades of 19th-century buildings along Yonge Street - Brookfield Place
  Bank of Toronto head office - Toronto-Dominion Centre
  The Dominion Bank head office - Commerce Court West tower
caption: Completed in 1929, the Art Deco Toronto Star Building was one of several historic buildings torn down as the district developed in the mid-20th century.
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