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Lawrence, Toronto. St. Lawrence Market spans two buildings on Front Street, with the wedge shaped Gooderham Building at the west end.

The corner of Jarvis and Front Streets, St. Lawrence Market's brick facade and sign on the left, traffic waiting at the lights and a bird flying over the intersection.

What St. Lawrence looks like

St. Lawrence Market fills two buildings that face Front Street across from each other at Jarvis Street. The South Market building started out as Toronto's city hall and jail in 1845, until an architect converted it into a market in 1902 and the old council chamber became the city's Market Gallery. National Geographic named it the world's best food market in 2012.

The North Market once stood across the street. The city tore it down in 2015 and rebuilt on the same site, with a courthouse and underground parking below the market floor, opening in stages through the spring of 2025.

West along Front Street, Wellington Street crosses it at a sharp angle. The , wedge shaped to fit the corner, stands where the two streets meet. George Gooderham had it built in 1892 as his family's distillery office. It remained that until 1952. The five story red brick building is also known as the Flatiron Building, after its shape.

The Edward Leadlay Company put up a warehouse at 87 Front Street East in 1858, and other buildings nearby date from the same years. It is an LCBO liquor store today, with the original brick walls and arched windows built into the new interior. The blocks around the market were filled in on top of the original harbour and were the city's first industrial district, before a 1970s redevelopment turned much of the area into housing.

Films shot in St. Lawrence

The Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale filmed along St. Lawrence Market's eastern facade and down in its third season, when the character June goes undercover with a group of Marthas. Behind the , 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

St. Lawrence Market's eastern facade, arched windows above a green iron balcony strung with a Welcome to St. Lawrence Market banner, a delivery truck parked below.

In season three, June goes undercover with a group of Marthas. The scene follows them along St. Lawrence Market's eastern facade and down beside it.

What St. Lawrence can double for

St. Lawrence can stand in for New York's Central Park in Suits and a park in Chicago in My Spy.

Areas like St. Lawrence

Distillery DistrictCorktownKing Street East

Look

Warehouse and loft blocksCivic and monumental

“a brick market hall on a downtown street with a wedge shaped flatiron building at the corner”

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