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Author : Freeman, Bill
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550286458
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Casa Loma written by Freeman, Bill and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of industrialist Sir Henry Pellatt and his lavish Toronto home
Author : Matthew M. Reeve
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228015677
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Casa Loma written by Matthew M. Reeve and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading architect E.J. Lennox designed Casa Loma for the flamboyant Sir Henry Pellatt and Mary, Lady Pellatt as an enormous castellated mansion that overlooked the booming metropolis of Toronto. The first scholarly book dedicated to this Canadian landmark, Casa Loma situates the famous “house on the hill” within Toronto’s architectural, urban, and cultural history. Casa Loma was not only an outsized home for the self-appointed “Lord Toronto” but a statement of Canada’s association with empire, an assertion of the country’s British legacy. During and after the Pellatts’ occupation, Casa Loma was a major landmark, and it has since infiltrated the iconography and collective memory of the metropolis. The reception of Casa Loma, variously loved and abhorred by Torontonians, reflects many of Toronto’s major aspirations and anxieties about itself as a modern city. Across ten chapters, this book charts the history of Casa Loma from the purchase of the estate atop Davenport Ridge in 1903 and its construction from 1906, through to its sale and the dispersal of its contents in 1924, its subsequent life as a hotel, and finally its transformation into one of the city’s major entertainment venues. Casa Loma brings to light a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival images and documentation of the house’s visual and material culture, weaving together a textured account of the design, use, and life of this unique building over the course of the twentieth century.
Author : David A. Lossos
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738533780
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (337 download)
Download or read book St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom written by David A. Lossos and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1927, on the northeast corner of Cherokee and Iowa Streets in south St. Louis, a multistory, multipurpose building was erected. Retail shops and a bowling alley occupied the first floor, while upstairs was a place that defied the imagination of someone driving by in their brand new Model T Ford. Today, that upstairs space, with its lofty ceiling, huge maple tongue-in-groove dance floor, and wraparound balcony, is the Casa Loma Ballroom -- St. Louis' last grand ballroom. Today, one gets the feeling that the ghosts of the big bands and the vocalists still linger there -- and with good reason. Just about everybody who was anybody played there at one time or another. Ol' Blue Eyes himself, before he was the idol of millions, received just a meager "Featured Singer, Frank Sinatra" note at the bottom of the Casa Loma bill the night he played with the Harry James Orchestra.
Author : Freeman, Bill
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459400275
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)
Download or read book Casa Loma written by Freeman, Bill and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of industrialist Sir Henry Pellatt and his lavish Toronto home
Author : Eric Wilson
Publisher : HarperTrophy
ISBN 13 : 9780006395447
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Lost Treasure Of Casa Loma written by Eric Wilson and published by HarperTrophy. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was it really the butler who did it? Or maybe it was the snoopymaid? Tom Austen and his sister Liz have just arrived at Casa Loma, the famouscastle in central Toronto. There to solve a mysterious disappearance and find alost treasure, the two young detectives discover that the old castle holds moresecrets than even they had bargained for. With plenty of suspects to keep readers guessing right to theend of this gripping mystery, The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma deliversaction and adventure along with a painless hit of Canadian history.
Author : Sherry R. Bennett
Publisher : Rainbow Horizons Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1771670282
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)
Download or read book The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma (Novel Study) Gr. 6-8 written by Sherry R. Bennett and published by Rainbow Horizons Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma brings Tom and Liz Austen to Casa Loma, a castle right in the heart of downtown Toronto, where they must solve the mystery of Sir Nigel Brampton's disappearance, and find the treasure hidden somewhere in the castle. Appealing to children's inherent keen interest in mystery, Eric Wilson has skillfully woven accurate Canadian geographic and historic information into his writing. As such, these novels lend themselves to the integrated study of the mystery genre with Canadian geography topics in social studies, and investigation units in science. The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma provides rich material for the study of setting, characterization and plot development. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.
Author : Patrick Sullivan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080466478
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Toxic Legacy written by Patrick Sullivan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any professional examination of existing or potential new toxins in a population must account for those already present from past problems and natural conditions.Toxic Legacy provides extensive information on the occurrence of chemical hazards and their potential dangers in combinations in the food, water and air in cities around the United States. The book illustrates consumer preferences for specific food and water products, as well as particular diets and discusses the toxicity and risks associated with our exposure to synthetic chemicals. The authors offer unique guidance to environmental engineers, scientists, process engineers, and planners and specify what steps can be taken to limit exposure to complex chemical mixtures. Includes strategies for minimizing our exposure to chemical mixtures Provides detailed analysis of hazards associated with exposure to chemical mixtures from multiple sources Presents chemical data on the food, water and air for 36 metropolitan areas in the United States
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190087242
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The History of Jazz written by Ted Gioia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future. Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz has been universally hailed as the most comprehensive and accessible history of the genre of all time. Acclaimed by jazz critics and fans alike, this magnificent work is now available in an up-to-date third edition that covers the latest developments in the jazz world and revisits virtually every aspect of the music. Gioia's story of jazz brilliantly portrays the most legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the scenes in which they evolved. From Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, Miles Davis's legendary 1955 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, and Ornette Coleman's experiments with atonality to current innovators such as Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding, Gioia takes readers on a sweeping journey through the history of jazz. As he traces the music through the swamp lands of the Mississippi Delta, the red light district of New Orleans, the rent parties of Harlem, the speakeasies of Chicago, and other key locales of jazz history, Gioia also makes the social contexts in which the music was born come alive. This new edition finally brings the often overlooked women who shaped the genre into the spotlight and traces the recent developments that have led to an upswing of jazz in contemporary mainstream culture. As it chronicles jazz from its beginnings and most iconic figures to its latest dialogues with popular music, the developments of the digital age, and new commercial successes, Gioia's History of Jazz reasserts its status as the most authoritative survey of this fascinating music.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Reader written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Skelly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351539744
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book "The Uses of Excess in Visual and Material Culture, 1600?010 " written by Julia Skelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directing unprecedented attention to how the idea of ?excess? has been used by both producers and consumers of visual and material culture, this collection examines the discursive construction of excess in relation to art, material goods and people in various global contexts. The contributors illuminate how excess has been perceived, quantified and constructed, revealing in the process how beliefs about excess have changed over time and how they have remained consistent. The collection as a whole underscores the fact that the concept of excess must always be considered critically, whether in scholarship or in lived experience. Although the idea of excess has often been used to shame and degrade, many of the essays in this collection demonstrate how it has also been used as a strategy for self-fashioning, transgression and empowerment, particularly by women and queer subjects. This volume examines a range of material, including diamonds, ceramics, paintings, dollhouses, caricatures, interior design and theatrical performances. Each case study sheds new light on how excess was used in a specific cultural context, including canonical sites of study such as the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, Victorian Britain and Paris in the 1920s, and under-studied contexts such as Canada and Sweden.
Author : Mark Fram
Publisher : Coach House Books
ISBN 13 : 9781552450659
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)
Download or read book East/West written by Mark Fram and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's say you want to know which famous Canadian poet lived in the Waverley Hotel for seven years, constantly changing rooms in fear of RCMP bugs. Or you live at 44 Walmer and want to know what on earth they were thinking with those balconies. Or you want to know what's behind (or underneath!) that giant O hanging over Harbord at Spadina. These things were troubling us, too, so we assembled East/West: A Guide to Where People Live in Downtown Toronto. East/West is a guided tour of old stories and fresh perspectives on the architecture and planning of housing and urban development in central Toronto - including both success stories and perennial problems. With specially prepared maps and over 120 photos, and essays - written by 65 of our best architects, historians and planners - exploring the history and development of neighbourhoods and of the individual buildings within them, East/West is a portrait of Toronto like no other. East/West is not your average city guide. It'll take you down alleyways you've never heard of, show you buildings you've never seen, offer you that bit of history you've never been able to access. It tells you how Toronto has tried to house the homeless over the years, how the waterfront evolved (or devolved, depending on how you look at it), and the character of different neighbourhoods has changed. FromAnnex abodes to Rosedale residences, this book will introduce you to a Toronto you only thought you knew.
Author : Alla Myzelev
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351575929
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book "Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940 " written by Alla Myzelev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toronto - the largest and one of the most multicultural cities in Canada - boasts an equally interesting and diverse architectural heritage. Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940 tells a story of the significant changes in domestic life in the first 40 years of the twentieth century. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach to studies of residential spaces, the author examines how questions of modernity and modern living influenced not only architectural designs but also interior furnishings, modes of transportation and ways to spend leisure time. The book discusses several case studies, some of which are known both locally and internationally (for example Casa Loma), while others such as Guild of All Arts or Sherwood have been virtually unstudied by historians of visual culture. The overall goal of the book is to put Toronto on the map of scholars of urban design and architecture and to uncover previously unknown histories of design, craft and domesticity in Toronto. This study will be of interest not only to the academic community (namely architects, designers, craftspeople and scholars of these disciplines, along with social historians), but also the general public interested in local history and/or visual culture.
Author : Carlie Oreskovich
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Ryerson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sir Henry Pellatt, the King of Casa Loma written by Carlie Oreskovich and published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. This book was released on 1982 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Grzeskowiak
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company Limited
ISBN 13 : 0887807607
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)
Download or read book Toronto & Niagara Colourguide written by Mark Grzeskowiak and published by Formac Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated edition of the Toronto & Niagara Colourguide is written entirely by knowledgeable local contributors and illustrated with more than 400 full-colour photographs. The guide explores Toronto's vibrant culture, cuisine, nightlife and shopping and provides an insider's view of the city's annual events, neighbourhoods, theatre and sports. The expanding Niagara region, a wine, food and cultural destination, is extensively covered. Like other Colourguides, this volume emphasizes cultural and heritage attractions including the recently-expanded Royal Ontario Museum and the revamped and greatly enhanced Art Gallery of Ontario. The listings section gives complete details and contact information about every attraction discussed.
Author : Gunther Schuller
Publisher : History of Jazz
ISBN 13 : 9780195071405
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)
Download or read book The Swing Era written by Gunther Schuller and published by History of Jazz. This book was released on 1989 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the period in American musical history from 1930 to 1945 when jazz was synonymous with America's popular music.
Author : Larry Hodgson
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568982793
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (827 download)
Download or read book The Garden Lover's Guide to Canada written by Larry Hodgson and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Garden Lover's Guides were devised for gardeners on the move, profiling points of horticultural interest in various countries. Each guide lists an extensive range of practical information, including opening times, admission fees, directions, nearby sites of interest and other available facilities. Exquisitely drawn three-dimensional maps are provided for selected gardens. These new titles lead readers to over 100 of the best Canadian gardens and through the imposing formal terraces and breathtaking plantings of Ireland's castles, parks and country gardens. All guides include lush photographs and detailed descriptions.
Author : Ross Firestone
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393311686
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Swing, Swing, Swing written by Ross Firestone and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Elvis and rock & roll, Benny Goodman--the King of Swing--ruled American popular music. In this intimate biography, Firestone illuminates Goodman's enormous impact on American music and culture, offering a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes look at this complicated, difficult jazz superstar. Photos.
