Talk:Casa Loma

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[edit] From Toronto

Complete with turrets, stables, a 60-foot Grand Hall, a wine cellar, a shooting gallery, three bowling alleys, and the first elevator in Canada, the castle was the largest private home ever constructed in North America.

Please rewrite and source these claims for this article. –Pomte 05:10, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

The following doesn't make sense -- the timetable and dollars don't work: "During the Depression, Toronto increased Casa Loma's annual property taxes from $400 to $1,200, and Pellatt—already experiencing financial difficulties—was forced to auction off $1.5-million in art and furnishings for only $250,000 during bankruptcy hearings. Sir Henry was able to enjoy life in the castle for only ten years, leaving in 1923. Pellatt also operated the building for a short time as a luxury hotel. During the late 1920s Casa Loma was also a popular nightspot. The Orange Blossoms, later known as Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, played there for eight months in 1927–1928. Shortly thereafter, they went on tour of North America and became a major Swing Era dance band. The city seized Casa Loma in 1933 for $27,303 in back taxes."

A) The Depression began in 1929. If Pellat left in 1923, it has nothing to do with the Depression. B) A tax increase from $400 to $1,200 is insignifcant in the scheme of things here -- we are told that some of the furnishings sold for $250,000. C) At $1,200 per year, the 1933 seizure would have been for more than twenty years of taxes. I don;t have the knowledge to fix this, but someone should.

Jameslwoodward (talk) 15:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image Layout

Can someone please improve the layout of the images I just added? I am at a loss as to how to make the flow of this article behave, but I do feel the images add a lot to the content and I'm reticent to remove them altogether. Severoon 09:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't a picture of the stables be included? Canking (talk) 00:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden Rooms

You mention the tunnels, but theres three other hidden rooms/passages in the house.