Brookfield Place (Toronto)

Brookfield Place is an office complex in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, comprising the 2.1ha block bounded by Yonge Street, Wellington Street West, Bay Street, and Front Street. The complex contains 242000m2 of office space, and consists of two towers, Bay Wellington Tower and TD Canada Trust Tower, linked Allen Lambert Galleria. Brookfield Place is also the home of the Hockey Hall of Fame .DesignBay Wellington Tower is a 49-story office tower, designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects and completed in 1992. The TD Canada Trust Tower is noted for its recessed design and spire on the upper levels and stands at 53 storeys. Designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the tower was completed in 1990 and was known as the Canada Trust Tower and until 2000 when Toronto-Dominion Bank purchased Canada Trust. Until July 2015, the "TD" logo was solely displayed on the Canada Trust Tower, unlike the nearby towers of the Toronto-Dominion Centre which were bare. The "TD" logo replaced Canada Trust signage installed when the structure opened.Allen Lambert GalleriaAllen Lambert Galleria, sometimes described as the "crystal cathedral of commerce", is an atrium designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava which connects Bay Street with Sam Pollock Square. The six story high pedestrian thoroughfare is structured by eight freestanding supports on each side of the Galleria, which branch out into parabolic shapes evoking a forest canopy or a tree-lined avenue because of the presence of building facades along the sides of the structure.