Osgoode Hall fence

 

From Queen Street it looks like a typical iron fence but once inside the parklike grounds of Osgoode Hall, the intricate and ornate supports for the fence are noted.  Osgoode Hall is a Toronto heritage site representing the judicial institution in Ontario and is an excellent example of Neoclassical style -- but the fence was my favorite part.  The Fence and Gates were erected by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1867.  To enter the grounds one must maneuver through the "kissing gates"-- two panels in a V shape with a small opening at the narrow end.  If another person where passing through the in the opposite direction, at one point they directly faced each other, providing a kissable moment.  A more mundane story calls them "cow gates"; however, there weren't many meandering cows in downtown Toronto in the mid-1860s! 

 

Osgoode Hall

Toronto, Ontario

5.16.2016