There is something splendidly Canadian about a building raised to guard money that now guards hockey sticks. The Hockey Hall of Fame occupies the former Bank of Montreal headquarters at Front and Yonge, a Beaux-Arts pile completed in 1885 and carved with symbols of commerce, science and culture.

The bank moved out in 1949, and the marble halls built for ledgers now hold the sweaters and trophies of the game's greats, among them Maurice Richard, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and, inevitably, Wayne Gretzky, the Great One. Outside stands "Our Game", a bronze scrimmage by sculptor Edie Parker, unveiled in 1993 to stop passersby mid-stride.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours use the building as a hinge point in Toronto's Financial District story, tracing how a street built for suits and briefcases made room for a shrine to slap shots, and how the city's skyline grew, block by block, from this corner.