Toronto's Massey Hall
Southern Ontario has recently lost a few of it's greatest music venues. One close to my heart was "Park Place" in Barrie Ontario, where Live 8 was held. When Molson sold and tore down it's brewery, talks of using the large piece of land for commercial development commenced. Today this land and the old site of the historic Brewery is home to an Urban Barn, Milestones Restaurant and other retail chains. This is why I hope to never lose my favourite music venue in Toronto, in the wonderful Massey Hall building. Here is a blurb from their website: In 1892, industrial baron Hart Massey (1823-96) bought land at Shuter and Victoria Streets and hired architect Sidney Badgley to design a memorial to his son Charles Albert Massey. Massey intended his "gift to aid in the development of the arts" to be "an auditorium -- spacious, substantial and comfortable, where public meetings, conventions, musical and other entertainments, etc., could be given." Massey Hall soon became internationally famous as Canada's most important venue for concerts and lectures, attracting many of the world's leading celebrities; it also hosted weddings, movies, boxing matches, beauty contests, religious and political rallies, typing contests and chess tournaments. Declared a "heritage" building during the 1970s, Massey Hall remains a vital part of Toronto's cultural and entertainment scene.
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