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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

The city spent twenty years calling it cold - then spent twenty million dollars warming it up. Roy Thomson Hall at 60 Simcoe Street in Toronto's entertainment district opened on 13 September 1982 as the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Erickson's curvilinear glass drum replacing the plan once called simply the New Massey Hall. The name honours press baron Roy Thomson, first Lord Thomson of Fleet, whose family's 4.5-million-dollar donation completed the fundraising for the 39-milli...