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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra broadcasting from Arcadian Court, 1929. The Arcadian Court is an Art Deco event space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the eighth floor of the flagship downtown Toronto location of the Canadian department store The Bay at Yonge and Queen Streets. For many years, it was an exclusive restaurant, then an ...
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa – Opened in 1942, this hotel was originally planned as a Ford Hotel. After being lobbied by Ford Hotels president Jack Udd on May 3, 1940, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King nixed the idea of building a standard brick-faced Ford Hotel, preferring the construction of a "first class hotel", more befitting the prime location on Elgin Street. [6]
The Carlu is an historic event space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1930 and known as the eponymous "Eaton's Seventh Floor", the venue was restored and reopened in 2003, renamed for its original architect. The Carlu is one of Toronto's best examples of Art Moderne architecture. The venue is owned by restaurant firm Oliver & Bonacini.
AP Restaurant is a restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that occupies the highest outdoor patio in the city, [citation needed] on the 51st floor of the Manulife Centre at 55 Bloor Street West. [1] [2] The space was formerly occupied by Panorama Lounge. [2] Owned by Eatertainment, The One Eighty opened in 2015.
Little Italy, sometimes referred to as College Street West, is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is known for its Italian Canadian restaurants and businesses. There is also a significant Latin-Canadian and Portuguese-Canadian community in the area.
The café was the scene of a famous meeting on 24 March 1895, when Frank Harris advised Oscar Wilde to drop his charge of criminal libel against the Marquess of Queensberry, father of Alfred Douglas. Wilde refused the advice, Queensberry was acquitted, and Wilde was subsequently tried, convicted and imprisoned. [4]
The Lakeview Restaurant is a diner [3] located at 1132 Dundas Street West [4] in the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood of Toronto. [5] It was built in 1932 [6] and features a neon sign that reads "Always Open", the diner started 24-hour-a-day operations to serve shift workers at a nearby Massey Ferguson factory. [7] 24-hour opening stopped in ...
The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, [1] and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.