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Thomas Crane Public Library- Quincy, MA
There are few things in this world that I love more than old libraries. Stained glass windows, grand fireplaces, polished wood, and the magnificent smell of old book bindings. Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts delivers on all counts.
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The Royal Horse Show- Toronto, ON
The Royal Horse Show is arguably the best part of the illustrious Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. It is certainly the most glamourous and dramatic. The largest indoor show of its kind, featuring the best equestrians in the world, it's not to be missed.
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Winter Garden Theater- Toronto, CA
As a follow up to my previous post, the Winter Theater is the second half of the last remaining stacked Edwardian theater in the world. Although constructed at the same time as the Elgin, essentially for the same purpose, the two theaters were vastly different.
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Elgin Theater- Toronto, CA
Built in 1913, Elgin Theater is one half of the last surviving Edwardian stacked theaters in the world. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb for American entertainment magnate Marcus Loew, the complex was built to showcase vaudeville acts: the Elgin (originally called Loew's Yonge Street) was intended to be the work horse, featuring continuous acts daily, to patrons of modest means.
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Richardson Hotel- Buffalo, NY
In the mid 1800s, Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride introduced the novel idea that pleasant surroundings could aide in the treatment of the mentally ill. He envisioned beautifully landscaped campuses, with thoughtfully designed, attractive buildings. While the hospitals proved to be less than effective, his formula works perfectly for hotels- the new use for the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, now known as the Richardson Hotel.