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Last Saturday we took advantage of the sunshine and reasonably warm weather and went out to The Guild in Scarborough. What is The Guild, you may ask? It's a 1914 Arts And Crafts style mansion that was turned into a hotel, and from there into an artists' colony, private school, arts and crafts guild, etc. It's surrounded by architectural fragments and sculptures rescued from now-demolished Toronto buildings. The Guild Inn itself is closed but the architectural gardens are open to all as a public park.
Apparently the Inn is going to be remodeled as part of a revitalization plan. We were told by some other sightseers that the Queen had at one time stayed here, and that there was a secret tunnel beneath the Inn that led down through the Bluffs and to the lake. I don't know about that last part.
The architectural stuff is pretty fantastic, even in the cold of March. I imagine the place is beautiful in June or July.
These are four sides of some kind of facing with representations of the different provinces of Ontario. Somebody needs to give Alberta a good weeding, I think.
There's a little building out in the front of the house, all hewn wood, with what look like Viking heads carved into the door jambs.
I think this is where the guys would retreat to smoke cigars and play poker and drink cheap beer. Their little Valhalla. That's what I like to think, anyway.
We went down to the lake and looked for secret tunnels, but didn't see any. There are what looks like the remains of a pier down there, though.
Anyhow, it's a lovely spot, and if they can get the old Inn fixed up and the likely tons of asbestos out of the place, that will be even better.
Apparently the Inn is going to be remodeled as part of a revitalization plan. We were told by some other sightseers that the Queen had at one time stayed here, and that there was a secret tunnel beneath the Inn that led down through the Bluffs and to the lake. I don't know about that last part.
The architectural stuff is pretty fantastic, even in the cold of March. I imagine the place is beautiful in June or July.
These are four sides of some kind of facing with representations of the different provinces of Ontario. Somebody needs to give Alberta a good weeding, I think.
There's a little building out in the front of the house, all hewn wood, with what look like Viking heads carved into the door jambs.
I think this is where the guys would retreat to smoke cigars and play poker and drink cheap beer. Their little Valhalla. That's what I like to think, anyway.
We went down to the lake and looked for secret tunnels, but didn't see any. There are what looks like the remains of a pier down there, though.
Anyhow, it's a lovely spot, and if they can get the old Inn fixed up and the likely tons of asbestos out of the place, that will be even better.
