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Saturday, September 18, 2004

A Night at the Gladstone

Artscape is hosting the Queen West Art Crawl this weekend. Tonight, we caught Queen Street by Numbers, a collection of thirty one-minute Super8 films -- one film for each block of Queen West from Yonge to Roncesvalles -- in the ballroom at the Gladstone. The films were accompanied by live music performed by the Gladstone's house band and some spoken word bits by the filmmakers. There's stuff all weekend, click on Queen West Art Crawl on the Artscape site for a schedule and details.

But for me, the real fun came afterwards. We went to the main bar and watched deadbeat karaoke and there were lots of bad performers and the ballad, Every Rose Has its Thorn, was attempted more than once ... god knows why ... and the bar was a hoppin' and it was busy ... and it was the perfect opportunity to sneak upstairs and check out the grand ol' hotel.

The Gladstone is a Victorian-era hotel that's been used as a flophouse for decades and is finally being restored by the Zeidler family. In the past, whenever you visited the hotel, a sign saying "No Tenants Past This Point" greeted you at the main staircase. But with construction underway and the tenants relocated, it was the perfect opportunity duck past the security guard and take in a rare sight. The main hall on the second floor is worth the trip alone.

The Gladstone is the real deal compared to the cheeseball Drake.
 

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