{"id":121,"date":"2006-09-01T01:24:46","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zach.slootsky.org\/2.0\/?p=121"},"modified":"2006-09-01T01:43:22","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T06:43:22","slug":"1-spadina-crescent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/takemorephotos.com\/archive\/2006\/09\/01\/1-spadina-crescent\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Spadina Crescent."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhile I was playing around with geotagging<\/a> the other day, I found some photos<\/a> I had taken while exploring 1 Spadina Crescent<\/a>. The building sits in the middle of Spadina Avenue, just north of College<\/a> and has since 1875. It got me thinking about the building where I worked for one year, often late into the night. I still remember the haunting atmosphere of the place. It’s a building that smells of lives already lived and you can feel it breathing with history. It is also a beautiful building.<\/p>\n

Marc Gotlieb argues<\/a> that “by virtue of its dedicated circle and soaring tower, it is hard to imagine a more impressive gateway to the university.” Toronto philanthropist Bernard Herman obviously agrees with Marc. In 2005, Harman donated “$1 million<\/a> to help restore the University of Toronto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heritage property at 1 Spadina Crescent,” reports the university. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People give money to the poor, the sick and the aged to satisfy their conscience,\u00e2\u20ac? says Herman, a U of T alumnus and avid art collector. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A person gives to the Faculty of Arts and Science to satisfy his or her intellect.\u00e2\u20ac?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Giving money to a building like 1 Spadina Crescent also satisfies his or her city’s past. Built by Knox College before they moved to St. George, the building later became a military hospital during the First World War. In 1918 Amelia Earhart worked here as a nurses aide. Then, in 1943, Connaught Laboratories purchased the hospital, where they manufactured important vaccines and antitoxins. Since 1972, 1 Spadina has belonged to the University of Toronto, however the story continued. <\/p>\n

The building became home to the university’s fine art department<\/a>. In January of 2001, fine art senior lecturer David Buller was stabbed to death in his office in 1 Spadina. The tragic murder is unsolved to this day. <\/p>\n

The building also houses the Eye Bank of Ontario<\/a>. I still laugh about the cabbies who would sporadically arrive with small coolers — eye donations. <\/p>\n


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