St. Lawrence Market spans two buildings on Front Street, with the wedge shaped Gooderham Building at the west end.
What St. Lawrence looks like
and face each other across Front Street at Jarvis Street. Arched windows line the South building's eastern facade, hung with a green iron balcony and a banner over the entrance doors. Inside, a steel trussed hall carries market stalls under strings of small flags, with counters and signs running the length of the room. runs south along the building's east side, narrow, with cars parked along the curb.
West along Front Street, Wellington Street crosses it at a sharp angle, and the fills the wedge between them. Built in 1892 in the Romanesque Revival style, the five storey red brick building narrows to a rounded corner under a copper topped turret, with a zigzag iron fire escape climbing one side. Financial District towers rise behind it, and newer condo towers now stand over the mansard roofed buildings farther along the same block.
East of the market, older brick buildings continue along Front Street. The Edward Leadlay Company's 1858 warehouse holds an LCBO liquor store today, its tall rectangular windows and original brick walls built into the new interior. Cafes fill the ground floors of the row beside it, under arched third storey windows, with trees and parked cars along the curb.
Shot in St. Lawrence
The Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale filmed along St. Lawrence Market's eastern facade and down Market Street in its third season, when the character June goes undercover with a group of Marthas. Behind the Gooderham Building, has stood in for New York's Central Park in the USA Network series Suits. It also played a park in Chicago in the film My Spy. The Canadian series Orphan Black used the park as itself.
The Handmaid's Tale
The market's eastern facade
Played St. Lawrence Market
In season three, June goes undercover with a group of Marthas. The scene follows them along St. Lawrence Market's eastern facade and down Market Street beside it.
What St. Lawrence can double for
Flatiron District in New York City, New York
The Gooderham Building's wedge shaped profile and rounded corner turret read like the same era of triangular office buildings that gave the Flatiron District its name. Both fill an acute street junction with a single narrow building rather than a full block. The Flatiron Building itself runs to twenty two storeys in limestone and terra cotta, so a wide shot beside taller buildings gives Toronto away. Tight framing on the corner and the turret holds the comparison. Try searching wedge shaped corner office now.
Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
St. Lawrence Market's steel trussed hall, with stalls and hanging signage under the original roof structure, plays the same kind of nineteenth century food hall as Reading Terminal Market. Both keep vendor counters running the length of the room under the original trusses. Reading Terminal's roof arches higher and wider than St. Lawrence Market's, so a shot that stays close to the stalls rather than pulling back holds the match. Try searching market hall food stalls now.
The brick warehouses along Front Street East, with arched windows and ground floor shops built into the original walls, form a row similar to the industrial buildings converted to retail that make up Fulton Market. Both districts kept their loading era brick fronts while the businesses inside changed. Fulton Market's buildings run taller with added rooftop floors, so a low angle that stays under the cornice line avoids showing the difference in scale. Try searching converted brick warehouses now.
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