Casa Loma

Author : David A. Lossos
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738533780
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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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 : 9781550286458
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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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 : 4.73/5 ( download)

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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 : Freeman, Bill
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459400275
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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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 : Sherry R. Bennett
Publisher : Rainbow Horizons Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1771670282
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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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 : Eric Wilson
Publisher : HarperTrophy
ISBN 13 : 9780006395447
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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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 : Patrick Sullivan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080466478
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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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 : Gunther Schuller
Publisher : History of Jazz
ISBN 13 : 9780195071405
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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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 : John Robert Colombo
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459725077
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Toronto written by John Robert Colombo and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted Toronto is a book about the ghosts and spirits that haunt (or are said to haunt) houses and other places in Toronto.

Author : Stephanie Stein Crease
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1556529864
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gil Evans written by Stephanie Stein Crease and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life (1912-1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as a composer, arranger, and bandleader--for Miles Davis, with whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four decades, and for his own ensembles--places him alongside Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most prominent jazz musicians in the world, both black and white. This biography traces Evans's early years: his first dance bands in California during the Depression; his life as a studio arranger in Hollywood; and his early work with Claude Thornhill, one of the most unusual bandleaders of the Big Band Era. After settling in New York City in 1946, Evans's basement apartment quickly became a meeting ground for musicians. The discussions that took place there among Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, and others resulted in the "Birth of the Cool" scores for the Miles Davis Nonet and, later on, for Evans's masterpieces with Davis: "Miles Ahead," "Porgy and Bess," and "Sketches of Spain." This replaces 1556524250.