Bay Street

The Bay Street is a 3.8 km long road in the Canadian city of Toronto. The street name is figuratively often equated with the financial services industry in Canada, as here, the headquarters of the major banks of the country ( metonymy ). Numerous insurance companies, prestigious law firms and government agencies are represented here. In the southern area, the road is lined with many skyscrapers.

Course

The Bay Street runs just west of Yonge Street in the south-north direction. It starts at the Queen's Quay on the banks of Lake Ontario, in the eastern part of Harbourfront. She passes the Air Canada Centre and the main train station ( Union Station ). Brookfield Place is located (261 m height) and the Royal Bank Plaza (180 m), the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada at the junction with Front Street.

Nearest major intersection is the one with the King Street, also known as the actual center of the Financial District and is surrounded on all four sides of headquarters of large financial institutions: the Bank of Montreal at First Canadian Place ( 298 m, highest habitable building in the city ), the Scotia Bank Scotia Plaza (275 m), the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in the Commerce Court (239 m) and the Toronto - Dominion Bank in Toronto-Dominion Centre ( 223 m). In the 19th and early 20th centuries the crossroads Bay / King was still dominated by publisher buildings of various newspapers. The financial services industry was first produced in the 1970s, when Montreal lost its status as the leading economic center of Canada.

Just north of this, the Bay Street intersects with the Adelaide Street. There, the Bay Adelaide Centre are (218 m) and the Trump International Hotel and Tower (282 m). At the junction with Queen Street, the road turn slightly to the west. Until the 1920s ended here Bay Street, but was then connected to the Terauley Street and thus extended further to the north. This area forms the Nathan Phillips Square, on the borders the City Hall and the Old Town Hall.

The intersection of Bay Street and Dundas Street is home to the Toronto Coach Terminal, the central bus station in Toronto. The headquarters of the Toronto Police Service is located at the intersection of Bay Street / College Street; this is opposed to the building College Park, which was until the opening of the Eaton Centre, the headquarters of the Eaton's department store chain. The north of this location section is dominated by buildings of the provincial government and the University of Toronto. The area around the intersection of Bloor Street is regarded as exclusive shopping district. North of Bloor Street joins the Bay Street in the Davenport Road.

In the southern part of the Bay Street provides PATH forth a system of pedestrian tunnels, underground connections to numerous side - and cross streets.