Running tour · toronto

Tower to Distillery

1.7 mi run

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The stories on this route

1. CN Tower

   Look up, from anywhere along here: the concrete shaft, the doughnut-shaped pod, the mast on top. That's the CN Tower, about 553 meters tall. CN stands for Canadian National, the railway that built it, on the former Railway Lands.

2. Union Station

   Look at that long row of columns on Front Street. That's Union Station. There are 22 limestone columns, each 40 feet tall and weighing 75 tons. Behind them rises the vaulted roof of the Great Hall.

3. Hockey Hall of Fame

   Look at the corner of Yonge and Front: the ornate, low stone building in front of the glass towers. It was a Bank of Montreal branch, built in 1885, designed by Frank Darling and S. George Curry. Today it houses the Hockey Hall of Fame.

4. Gooderham Flatiron Building

   Look down Front Street at the narrow red-brick wedge with the rounded corner. That's the Gooderham Building, completed in 1892, wedged where Front and Wellington streets meet. It was built for distiller George Gooderham, and it was the Gooderham and Worts distillery's office until 1952.

5. St. Lawrence Market

   Look at the long brick hall on Front Street, with its taller center. That's St. Lawrence Market. A public market was set aside here in 1803.

6. Distillery District

   Look for the tall chimney stack on the Boiler House, and the brick-paved lanes around it. This is the Distillery District: more than forty heritage buildings on 13 acres. It's the largest collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.

Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source