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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 ...
Here, van Workum answers a few key questions about the history of Longboat Key, the property’s signature amenities and its plans for 2025. The view from the water of The St. Regis Longboat Key ...
Ramp between Queens Quay West and the station level in 2009. North of this station, the lines enter an underground loop at Union subway station, below Union Station, the city's main railway station; to the south, they emerge from the tunnel onto Queens Quay, where they run west in a dedicated right-of-way as far as Spadina Avenue, where the two routes diverge; the 509 continues west to ...
Longboat Key's first post office was established in 1907 at Byron Corey's pier at the southern end of the island, where he owned 153.5 acres (62 ha) of land beginning in 1903. Corey also served as Longboat Key's first postmaster. [4] The post office on the sound end lasted until 1921, when it was destroyed by a hurricane.
Chinatown, Toronto (also known as Downtown Chinatown or West Chinatown) is a Chinese ethnic enclave located in the city's downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersections of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West .
According to the BC Music Review, it was also one of the venues of Toronto's punk scene. [8] The hotel was renamed the Global Village Backpackers in 1997 and the once seedy hotel became a welcoming youth hostel to Toronto, Ontario. [1] With 190 beds (four people per room) it was the largest youth hostel in Toronto. The hostel closed on January ...
Spadina Museum was awarded the Ontario Museum Association Award of Merit in conjunction with Dawn Roach Bowen for their Black History Month programme Meet Mrs. Pipkin in 2002. [17] Mrs. Pipkin was a laundress at the Spadina house in the 1860s, where she came after escaping slavery in the United States .
Front view of 1 Spadina Crescent in 2005 Aerial view showing the original southern portion to the left, and the discordant new north side. 1 Spadina Crescent, also known as the Daniels Building, is an academic building that houses the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto (U of T) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.