Our first choice for today’s Doors Open visit was Old City Hall down on Queen Street. Inside, the original slogan is written all over the place:
Integrity
Industry
Intelligence
The current judicial occupants have added:
Paranoia
Picture-taking was banned inside the building. Of course, the public blithely snapped away at every bit of carving, marble and stained glass. Who knows what ghastly consequences will occur as a result.
Above left: A long-suffering Lennox, architect of the Old City Hall, had himself portrayed among the grotesques that adorn the capitals of the thick exterior columns. City fathers fought him over bills, stalled payments and held up work. He must have felt surrounded by goons and ghoulies.
Anyway, you’re not supposed to see the interior shots below.
