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Macdonald Block Complex

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147: 33: 138:. It was completed in 1968 (along with the Hepburn Block), and is located at 900 Bay Street. This block is a podium that connects the four towers along the first two storeys of each and has a bridge to the first floor of 48:, Ontario, Canada, that houses 12 cabinet ministers, 15 Ontario government ministries (as of 2016) and the largest concentration of Ontario public servants. Its address is 900 Bay Street, and is located just east of 150:
The Whitney Block (left) and the (clockwise from top left) Ferguson, Hearst, Mowat, and Hepburn Blocks, with the two-storey Macdonald Block connecting the four together.
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The massive construction site for the Macdonald Block was the filming location for
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from its second storey. It is designed by the same firm as the Ferguson Block.
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Two of the buildings of the complex: Mowat (left) and Hearst (right) Blocks
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announced an eight-year reconstruction project of the entire complex.
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is 24 storeys high and is named after the third Premier of Ontario,
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A 14-storey building that was completed in 1969, designed in the
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by Shore Tilbe Henschel Irwin Architects and Engineers (now
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Provincial government office block, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Index

Ontario Government Buildings

Toronto
Queen's Park
International Style
Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
Premier
George H. Ferguson
Ministry of Energy
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
William Howard Hearst
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Mitchell Hepburn
Sir Oliver Mowat
John Sandfield Macdonald
Whitney Block

Buster Keaton
The Scribe
Government of Ontario
Whitney Block
Ontario Power Building
Frost Building


"Ontario Newsroom"
Ferguson Block
Macdonald Block
43°39′50″N 79°23′16″W / 43.663924°N 79.387679°W / 43.663924; -79.387679

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