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'''The Broadview Hotel''' is a 58 room [[boutique hotel]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is located at the intersection of [[Broadview Avenue]] and [[Queen Street East]] in Toronto's [[Riverside, Toronto|Riverside]] neighbourhood. Built in 1893, the building was originally a hall with retail and office space and later converted into a hotel. Until 2014, the establishment was occupied by the '''New Broadview House Hotel''', a [[hotel]] and [[boarding house]] housing low-income persons with a [[strip club]] named Jilly's on its ground level. It was closed and converted to an up-scale establishment with several restaurants and a roof patio.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/>
'''The Broadview Hotel''' is a 58 room [[boutique hotel]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is located at the intersection of [[Broadview Avenue]] and [[Queen Street East]] in Toronto's [[Riverside, Toronto|Riverside]] neighbourhood. Built in 1893, the building was originally a hall with retail and office space and later converted into a hotel. Until 2014, the establishment was occupied by the '''New Broadview House Hotel''', a [[hotel]] and [[boarding house]] housing low-income persons with a [[strip club]] named Jilly's on its ground level. It was closed and converted to an up-scale establishment with several restaurants and a roof patio.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/>


The [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] style structure was built for Archibald Dingman and designed by Robert Ogilvie as a commercial hub and public hall known as Dingman's Hall. Its design includes arched windows and a tower characteristic of Romanesque Revival.<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/> The southeast vertical edge of the building is rounded using curved, elongated bricks. The building's gray lintels above the windows were likely carved from Credit Valley sandstone, popularly used during Toronto's Victorian era.<ref name=TheStar-2017-03-10/> The east and south exterior walls feature 21 terra cotta relief sculptures each with a unique image, often including a human face.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> The building had the [[Canadian Bank of Commerce]] as a tenant on the ground floor and doctors' and lawyers' offices on the middle floors. Atop the building were two public halls which acted as a venue for concerts and assemblies.<ref name=angus>{{cite news|title=Historian-architect Angus Skene reveals the Jilly's backstory|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/05/13/from_our_archives_historianarchitect_angus_skene_reveals_the_jillys_backstory.html|accessdate=July 13, 2014|work=Toronto Star|date=May 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name=city>http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-69516.pdf</ref>
The [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] style structure was built for Archibald Dingman and designed by Robert Ogilvie as a commercial hub and public hall known as Dingman's Hall. Its design includes arched windows and a tower characteristic of Romanesque Revival.<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/> The southeast vertical edge of the building is rounded using curved, elongated bricks. The building's gray lintels above the windows were likely carved from Credit Valley sandstone, popularly used during Toronto's Victorian era.<ref name=TheStar-2017-03-10/> The east and south exterior walls feature 21 terra cotta relief sculptures each with a unique image, often including a human face.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> The building had the [[Canadian Bank of Commerce]] as a tenant on the ground floor and doctors' and lawyers' offices on the middle floors. Atop the building were two public halls which acted as a venue for concerts and assemblies.<ref name=angus>{{cite news|title=Historian-architect Angus Skene reveals the Jilly's backstory|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/05/13/from_our_archives_historianarchitect_angus_skene_reveals_the_jillys_backstory.html|access-date=July 13, 2014|work=Toronto Star|date=May 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name=city>{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-69516.pdf |title=Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 704 Queen Street East |publisher=Toronto City Planning DIvision |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>


In 1907, the building was sold to Thomas J. Edwards who hired architect [[George Wallace Gouinlock]] to transform Dingman's Hall into The Broadview Hotel, which let rooms for $1.50 or more a night.<ref name=angus/> It was known as the Lincoln Hotel for a time in the 1930s before reverting to its original name in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?subject=Broadview_Hotel |title=Historic Toronto photos - Broadview Hotel |publisher=Wholemap.com |date= |accessdate=October 6, 2016}}</ref> By the 1970s, it was the Broadview House, a boarding house renting rooms by the week, with a [[strip club]] (later known as Jilly's) on the main floor.<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|title=Jilly's strip club to vacate historic hotel|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jilly-s-strip-club-to-vacate-historic-hotel-1.2641165|accessdate=May 14, 2014|work=CBC News|date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> <!-- needs cite: The establishment was the scene of a barmaid stabbing in the early 1990s. -->
In 1907, the building was sold to Thomas J. Edwards who hired architect [[George Wallace Gouinlock]] to transform Dingman's Hall into The Broadview Hotel, which let rooms for $1.50 or more a night.<ref name=angus/> It was known as the Lincoln Hotel for a time in the 1930s before reverting to its original name in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?subject=Broadview_Hotel |title=Historic Toronto photos - Broadview Hotel |publisher=Wholemap.com |date= |access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> By the 1970s, it was the Broadview House, a boarding house renting rooms by the week, with a [[strip club]] (later known as Jilly's) on the main floor.<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|title=Jilly's strip club to vacate historic hotel|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jilly-s-strip-club-to-vacate-historic-hotel-1.2641165|access-date=May 14, 2014|work=CBC News|date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> <!-- needs cite: The establishment was the scene of a barmaid stabbing in the early 1990s. -->


On May 13, 2014, Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited announced their purchase of the Hotel,<ref>{{cite press release |author=Streetcar Developments |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1354289/streetcar-developments-announces-purchase-of-toronto-s-historic-broadview-hotel |title=Streetcar Developments Announces Purchase of Toronto's Historic Broadview Hotel |publisher=Newswire.ca |date=May 13, 2014 |accessdate=October 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.torontolife.com/informer/random-stuff-informer/2014/05/13/jillys-strip-club-finally-sold-developer |title=Jilly's strip club has finally been sold to a developer |work=Toronto Life |date= May 13, 2014}}</ref> announcing they would close the hotel and redevelop it into a 58-room [[boutique hotel]] with a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar.<ref name="star-20141118">{{cite news |title=Former Jilly's strip club site to become boutique hotel |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/11/18/former_jillys_strip_club_site_to_become_boutique_hotel.html |accessdate=November 18, 2014 |work=Toronto Star |date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> The redevelopment is part of an ongoing [[gentrification]] of the neighbourhood.<ref name="star-20141118"/>
On May 13, 2014, Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited announced their purchase of the Hotel,<ref>{{cite press release |author=Streetcar Developments |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1354289/streetcar-developments-announces-purchase-of-toronto-s-historic-broadview-hotel |title=Streetcar Developments Announces Purchase of Toronto's Historic Broadview Hotel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202356/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1354289/streetcar-developments-announces-purchase-of-toronto-s-historic-broadview-hotel |archive-date=2014-07-14 |publisher=Newswire.ca |date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.torontolife.com/informer/random-stuff-informer/2014/05/13/jillys-strip-club-finally-sold-developer |title=Jilly's strip club has finally been sold to a developer |journal=Toronto Life |date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515053634/http://www.torontolife.com/informer/random-stuff-informer/2014/05/13/jillys-strip-club-finally-sold-developer/ |archive-date=May 15, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> announcing they would close the hotel and redevelop it into a 58-room [[boutique hotel]] with a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar.<ref name="star-20141118">{{cite news |title=Former Jilly's strip club site to become boutique hotel |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/11/18/former_jillys_strip_club_site_to_become_boutique_hotel.html |access-date=November 18, 2014 |work=Toronto Star |date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> The redevelopment is part of an ongoing [[gentrification]] of the neighbourhood.<ref name="star-20141118"/>


The developers began the process of moving 45 long-term tenants and closed Jilly's that July. The tenants, many of whom received disability or social assistance, were rehoused through a partnership between Streetcar, Dream Unlimited, the [[City of Toronto]], and [[WoodGreen Community Services]]. The developers paid first and last months' rent and paid WoodGreen to hire two staff persons to assist the tenants in finding new homes,<ref>{{cite news |title=From strip club to community partnership as Jilly's closes |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/07/12/from_strip_club_to_community_partnership_as_jillys_closes.html |accessdate=November 18, 2014 |work=Toronto Star|date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> Sleep Country contributed mattresses, and The Furniture Barn contributed furnishings
The developers began the process of moving 45 long-term tenants and closed Jilly's that July. The tenants, many of whom received disability or social assistance, were rehoused through a partnership between Streetcar, Dream Unlimited, the [[City of Toronto government]], and WoodGreen Community Services. The developers paid first and last months' rent and paid WoodGreen to hire two staff persons to assist the tenants in finding new homes,<ref>{{cite news |title=From strip club to community partnership as Jilly's closes |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/07/12/from_strip_club_to_community_partnership_as_jillys_closes.html |access-date=November 18, 2014 |work=Toronto Star|date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> Sleep Country contributed mattresses, and The Furniture Barn contributed furnishings


In late 2016, the exterior of the building had completed renovations. Black cornices that were removed in prior years were recreated based on period photos.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> The renovation was awarded a Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.<ref name=TheStar-2017-03-10>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/03/10/why-the-former-jillys-is-an-architectural-showstopper.html |title=Why the former Jilly's is an architectural showstopper {{!}} |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |first=Joseph |last=Hall |date={{date|2017-03-10|mdy}} |accessdate={{date|2017-05-21|mdy}}}}</ref> A major addition during the renovation was the addition of a glassed-in rooftop restaurant on the building's north side. While the bulk of the building is four stories high, the rooftop restaurant and the hotel tower are on higher levels.<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/>
In late 2016, the exterior of the building had completed renovations. Black cornices that were removed in prior years were recreated based on period photos.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> The renovation was awarded a Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.<ref name=TheStar-2017-03-10>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/03/10/why-the-former-jillys-is-an-architectural-showstopper.html |title=Why the former Jilly's is an architectural showstopper {{!}} |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |first=Joseph |last=Hall |date=March 10, 2017 |access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> A major addition during the renovation was the addition of a glassed-in rooftop restaurant on the building's north side. While the bulk of the building is four stories high, the rooftop restaurant and the hotel tower are on higher levels.<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/>


As part of the redevelopment, the owners renamed the hotel from the "New Broadview Hotel" to "The Broadview Hotel".<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/> Some of the guest rooms feature prints of pin-up girls, a reminder of the former Jilly's. The new facility will also have two event spaces, a cafe/bar and two other restaurants.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> There is also a space displaying memorabilia from Jilly's, such as posters, dancing poles and entertainers' lockers.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/broadview-hotel-restoration-celebrates-buildingspast/article35488260/ |title=The Broadview Hotel celebrates its own history |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Oliver |last=Moore |date={{date|2017-06-29|mdy}} |accessdate={{date|2017-07-12|mdy}}}}</ref> The building uses extensive lighting to highlight the brickwork.
As part of the redevelopment, the owners renamed the hotel from the "New Broadview Hotel" to "The Broadview Hotel".<ref name=Now-2017-04-21/> Some of the guest rooms feature prints of pin-up girls, a reminder of the former Jilly's. The new facility will also have two event spaces, a cafe/bar and two other restaurants.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29/> There is also a space displaying memorabilia from Jilly's, such as posters, dancing poles and entertainers' lockers.<ref name=G&M-2017-06-29>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/broadview-hotel-restoration-celebrates-buildingspast/article35488260/ |title=The Broadview Hotel celebrates its own history |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Oliver |last=Moore |date=June 29, 2017 |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> The building uses extensive lighting to highlight the brickwork.


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<ref name=Now-2017-04-21>{{cite web |url=https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/real-estate/inside-the-newly-restored-broadview-hotel-opening-in-june/ |title=Inside the newly restored Broadview Hotel, opening in June |newspaper=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]] |first=Michelle |last=Da Silva |date={{date|2017-04-21|mdy}} |accessdate={{date|2017-05-20|mdy}} }}</ref>
<ref name=Now-2017-04-21>{{cite web |url=https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/real-estate/inside-the-newly-restored-broadview-hotel-opening-in-june/ |title=Inside the newly restored Broadview Hotel, opening in June |newspaper=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]] |first=Michelle |last=Da Silva |date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2017 }}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Broadview Hotel}}
{{Commons category|Broadview Hotel}}
*[https://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/toronto.arch/resource/fo1257/ser1057/f1257_s1057_it0518.jpg Photo, 1945] from the [[City of Toronto Archives]]
*[https://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/toronto.arch/resource/fo1257/ser1057/f1257_s1057_it0518.jpg Photo, 1945] from the [[City of Toronto government Archives]]
*{{YouTube|arur0eokb5U|Toronto's Broadview Hotel opens}} - Tour describing features of the hotel and its restoration. Published by [[CBC News]] on July 29, 2017.
*{{YouTube|arur0eokb5U|Toronto's Broadview Hotel opens}} - Tour describing features of the hotel and its restoration. Published by [[CBC News]] on July 29, 2017.


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[[Category:Hotels in Toronto]]
[[Category:Hotels in Toronto]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1893]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1893]]
[[Category:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Canada]]
[[Category:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Canada]]

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Broadview Hotel
View of Broadview Hotel in 2017 from south-east
Map
Former names
  • Dingman's Hall
  • Broadview Hotel
  • Lincoln Hotel
  • New Broadview House Hotel
General information
TypeHotel
Address106 Broadview Avenue
Town or cityToronto, Ontario
CountryCanada
Completed1893
Renovated
  • 1907
  • 2017
OwnerStreetcar Developments / Dream Unlimited
Design and construction
Architect(s)

The Broadview Hotel is a 58 room boutique hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East in Toronto's Riverside neighbourhood. Built in 1893, the building was originally a hall with retail and office space and later converted into a hotel. Until 2014, the establishment was occupied by the New Broadview House Hotel, a hotel and boarding house housing low-income persons with a strip club named Jilly's on its ground level. It was closed and converted to an up-scale establishment with several restaurants and a roof patio.[2]

The Richardsonian Romanesque style structure was built for Archibald Dingman and designed by Robert Ogilvie as a commercial hub and public hall known as Dingman's Hall. Its design includes arched windows and a tower characteristic of Romanesque Revival.[3] The southeast vertical edge of the building is rounded using curved, elongated bricks. The building's gray lintels above the windows were likely carved from Credit Valley sandstone, popularly used during Toronto's Victorian era.[1] The east and south exterior walls feature 21 terra cotta relief sculptures each with a unique image, often including a human face.[2] The building had the Canadian Bank of Commerce as a tenant on the ground floor and doctors' and lawyers' offices on the middle floors. Atop the building were two public halls which acted as a venue for concerts and assemblies.[4][5]

In 1907, the building was sold to Thomas J. Edwards who hired architect George Wallace Gouinlock to transform Dingman's Hall into The Broadview Hotel, which let rooms for $1.50 or more a night.[4] It was known as the Lincoln Hotel for a time in the 1930s before reverting to its original name in the 1940s.[6] By the 1970s, it was the Broadview House, a boarding house renting rooms by the week, with a strip club (later known as Jilly's) on the main floor.[7]

On May 13, 2014, Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited announced their purchase of the Hotel,[8][9] announcing they would close the hotel and redevelop it into a 58-room boutique hotel with a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar.[10] The redevelopment is part of an ongoing gentrification of the neighbourhood.[10]

The developers began the process of moving 45 long-term tenants and closed Jilly's that July. The tenants, many of whom received disability or social assistance, were rehoused through a partnership between Streetcar, Dream Unlimited, the City of Toronto government, and WoodGreen Community Services. The developers paid first and last months' rent and paid WoodGreen to hire two staff persons to assist the tenants in finding new homes,[11] Sleep Country contributed mattresses, and The Furniture Barn contributed furnishings

In late 2016, the exterior of the building had completed renovations. Black cornices that were removed in prior years were recreated based on period photos.[2] The renovation was awarded a Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.[1] A major addition during the renovation was the addition of a glassed-in rooftop restaurant on the building's north side. While the bulk of the building is four stories high, the rooftop restaurant and the hotel tower are on higher levels.[3]

As part of the redevelopment, the owners renamed the hotel from the "New Broadview Hotel" to "The Broadview Hotel".[3] Some of the guest rooms feature prints of pin-up girls, a reminder of the former Jilly's. The new facility will also have two event spaces, a cafe/bar and two other restaurants.[2] There is also a space displaying memorabilia from Jilly's, such as posters, dancing poles and entertainers' lockers.[2] The building uses extensive lighting to highlight the brickwork.

  • Hotel before restoration
    Hotel before restoration
  • Hotel in 1945
    Hotel in 1945

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hall, Joseph (March 10, 2017). "Why the former Jilly's is an architectural showstopper |". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Moore, Oliver (June 29, 2017). "The Broadview Hotel celebrates its own history". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Da Silva, Michelle (April 21, 2017). "Inside the newly restored Broadview Hotel, opening in June". Now. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Historian-architect Angus Skene reveals the Jilly's backstory". Toronto Star. May 13, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 704 Queen Street East" (PDF). Toronto City Planning DIvision. May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Historic Toronto photos - Broadview Hotel". Wholemap.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "Jilly's strip club to vacate historic hotel". CBC News. July 13, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  8. ^ Streetcar Developments (May 13, 2014). "Streetcar Developments Announces Purchase of Toronto's Historic Broadview Hotel" (Press release). Newswire.ca. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jilly's strip club has finally been sold to a developer". Toronto Life. May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Former Jilly's strip club site to become boutique hotel". Toronto Star. November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  11. ^ "From strip club to community partnership as Jilly's closes". Toronto Star. July 12, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
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