Nathan Phillips Square

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public square urban plaza

Nathan Phillips Square is a major public plaza in downtown Toronto known for its iconic Toronto sign, reflecting pool and winter skating rink, and role as a central gathering place for events and celebrations.

Aliases (5)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public square → urban plaza →
adjacentTo	Toronto City Hall →
architect	Viljo Revell →
boundedBy	Bay Street → Chestnut Street → Osgoode Hall (vicinity to the south) → Queen Street West →
coordinateLocation	43.6525°N 79.3836°W →
country	Canada →
hasCulturalSignificance	symbolic civic centre of Toronto →
hasLandmark	Toronto sign →
hasPart	Peace Garden → Toronto sign → amphitheatre stage → elevated walkway → fountain → outdoor skating rink → planters and green spaces → reflecting pool → underground parking garage →
hasPublicArt	Freedom Arches → Three concrete arches over reflecting pool →
hasUse	New Year’s Eve celebrations → civic events → concerts → demonstrations → festivals → public gatherings → public skating →
hasViewOf	Toronto skyline →
hostsEvent	Cavalcade of Lights → New Year’s Eve celebrations in Toronto →
inception	1965 →
isMajorPublicSpaceIn	downtown Toronto →
isTouristAttraction	true →
landscapeArchitect	Richard Strong →
locatedIn	Ontario → Toronto →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	City of Toronto →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Old Toronto →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Nathan Phillips →
officiallyOpened	1965 →
operator	City of Toronto →
owner	City of Toronto →
partOf	Toronto City Hall complex →
publicTransitAccess	Osgoode station → Queen station →
streetAddress	100 Queen Street West →
summerFeature	reflecting pool →
winterFeature	outdoor skating rink →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peace Garden → Toronto sign →	locatedIn
Freedom Arches → The Archer (Henry Moore) →	location
Freedom Arches ("Nathan Phillips Square civic plaza ensemble") → Peace Garden →	partOf
Toronto sign ("Nathan Phillips Square plaza") →	accessibleFrom
Downtown Toronto →	contains
Viljo Revell ("Toronto City Hall square") →	designed
Toronto →	hasLandmark
Queen station →	hasNearbyLandmark
Toronto City Hall →	hasPart
Old City Hall (Toronto) ("faces Nathan Phillips Square") →	hasPublicSquareRelationship
Cavalcade of Lights ("Nathan Phillips Square ice rink area") →	heldAt
Freedom Arches →	isIconOf
Old City Hall (Toronto) →	locatedNear
Cavalcade of Lights →	mainVenue
Richard Strong →	notableWork
Toronto City Hall →	overlooks
Osgoode station →	servesLandmark