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Witkin reported in the Toronto Star that “They pooled their savings, rented the building for about $750 a month and charged $1 club memberships and entrance fees of $1.50 to $3. [1] ” In keeping with the strict liquor laws of the day the venue did not have a liquor license and no alcoholic beverages could be served.
The site of the Guvernment was first converted into a nightclub in 1984 as Fresh Restaurant and Nightclub by Tony and Albert Assoon, two of the four Assoon brothers who had simultaneously been running the successful and influential Twilight Zone after-hours club at 185 Richmond Street West in Toronto's Entertainment District. [2]
The Parkdale Canoe Club, today's Boulevard Club was inaugurated in 1905. With the coming of hydro-electric power from Niagara Falls hydro-electric lines and towers were erected along the waterfront. The area to the south of the rail lines was narrow, but as the Parkdale area grew in population, the foot of Roncesvalles became a popular swimming ...
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.
The Pape Village Business Improvement Area represents approximately 110 businesses along the thoroughfare, and undertakes efforts to promote and beautify the area. Since much of the existing building stock in Pape Village dates to the 1940s and 1950s, the City of Toronto adopted a new community improvement plan for the district in 2003, in order to assist local businesses to renovate and ...
Canada First: Niagara Falls Club Ontario Niagara Falls 1948 none Closed in 1994 Ontario Club: Ontario Toronto 1909 1985 Liberal Party: Merged into the National Club in 2010 Ottawa Club Ontario Ottawa 1888 - none Closed ca. 1910 [20] Pacific Club British Columbia Victoria 1885 - none Closed in 1966 Primrose Club Ontario Toronto 1907 Jewish ...
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The club opened in January 1991 with a trio of Toronto nightlife enthusiasts behind it in ownership capacity — Wesley Thuro a.k.a. Happy Dog who had already had some organizational experience with Toronto nightlife establishments having launched the all ages rave club 23 Hop just a few months earlier in 1990, [1] colourful CFNY radio personality Chris Sheppard who in addition to achieving a ...