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Spadina Avenue is commonly pronounced with the i as /aɪ/ as in mine; the Spadina House museum on Spadina Road is always pronounced with the i as /iː/ as in ski.The name originated under the latter pronunciation, with the former a colloquialism that evolved as Spadina Avenue was extended from the wealthy neighbourhoods north of Bloor into the more working-class and immigrant areas to the ...
Spadina Museum (/ s p ə ˈ d iː n ə /), also known as Spadina House, is a historic mansion at 285 Spadina Road in Toronto, Ontario, which is now a historic house museum operated by the City of Toronto's Economic Development & Culture division. [3] The museum preserves the house much as it existed and developed historically.
A set of wooden steps were installed to allow people to move through the area. The original wooden stairs were replaced with a permanent structure in 1913 along the Spadina Road Alignment. [1] Along the top of the cliff some of Toronto's most exclusive homes were constructed including Casa Loma and Spadina House.
The Yukon Time Zone (UTC−09:00) covered most of Yukon from 1900 until 1966. In 1973, the last portions of Yukon switched to Pacific Time, leaving UTC−09:00 unused in Canada. In 1988, Newfoundland observed "double daylight saving time" from April 3 until October 30, meaning that the time was set ahead by 2 hours. [24]
Railway Lands is an area in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally a large railway switching yard near the Toronto waterfront , including the CNR Spadina Roundhouse and the CPR John Roundhouse , it has since been redeveloped and today is home to mostly mixed-used development, including the CN Tower and Rogers Centre .
The property was transferred to the Imperial Bank of Canada. According to a 1917 report in the Financial Post, at the time of the foreclosure the building was worth $12,500 CAD. [5] According to the Financial Post the next hotel to open in the building was a ″temperance hotel″. [5] In 1921 the hotel bore a large sign saying ″Hotel Spadina″.
Spadina is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University and Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road , north of Bloor Street West . It is one of only three stations open overnight, along with Queens Quay station and Union station .
The Spadina Expressway was a proposed freeway to run from north of Highway 401 into the downtown of Toronto via the Cedarvale and Nordheimer ravines and Spadina Road. It was only partially built before being cancelled in 1971 by the Ontario government due to public opposition.