Warwick Hotel (Toronto)

The Warwick Hotel Toronto [1] was a hotel located at the corner of Dundas Street East and Jarvis Street, in Toronto, Ontario. It was notable as being the site of significant dance band performances until the mid-1960s, after which it became notable as a location for burlesque entertainment.

History

The hotel was initially a higher end hotel in downtown Toronto, featuring many of the dance bands of the 1940s and 1950s. Author Hugh Garner made his home there for a period, and referenced the hotel in his pseudonym, Jarvis Warwick, when writing pulp fiction.[2]

In the 1960s, the hotel changed its focus to burlesque entertainment, and was notable as having one of Toronto's earlier crossdressing personalities, Allan Maloney, hosting the evening in his alter ego as Brandee.[3]


References

  1. ↑ The Chef and Restaurant Database, Warwick Hotel. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ↑ Reading Toronto, Rare Reads: Hugh Garner’s Forgotten Toronto Novel, Waste No Tears (1950). Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ↑ Christian Cotroneo, Allan Maloney, 80: Cross-dressing showman. Obituary, The Toronto Star, April 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

Coordinates: 43°39′26″N 79°22′28″W / 43.6571°N 79.3745°W