VISITOR INFORMATION
Schedule / hours: 2017: Open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
Admission price: 2017: FREE
Address: 55 John Street
TorontoPhone: 311
Website: www.toronto.caNearby restaurants: • There’s a Tim Horton’s across Metro Hall on the other side of King Street but if with older kids, try the OB Canteen on the street level of the TIFF Bell Lightbox at the northwest corner of King and John.
While you are there: • If you walk just one block west of Metro Hall, you’ll find Wayne Gretzky’s restaurant topped with a giant hockey tabletop player (at 99 Blue Jays Way).
Age group: 4 - 12 years old
Attraction suitable for:
Preschoolers
School
Preteen
You are here!
I suggest you enter Metro Hall from its entrance on King (at the southeast corner of King and John). See how the sparkling metal of the modern “ruins” mixes with the floor to ceiling glass walls. It feels like a futuristic cathedral, doesn’t it? Don’t miss the big shiny arrow, which, in my mind, looks like a giant “You are here” mark on a map. (Good photo op, here!) I don’t think the rest of Metro Hall bears any interest for children but it is fun to explore the surrounding square. David Pecaut Square includes a lovely fountain. As you stroll around, try to locate the “labyrinth” of etched glass screens serving as windbreak.
