A Visit TO Massey Hall
If you are visiting Toronto and interested in watching a
concert or other performance, or if you are a student of architecture, make
sure you visit Massey Hall. Built in
1894, the site has served as a prominent performing arts venue in Toronto's
Garden District for decades. Originally
outfitted to hold about 3,500 audience members, the hall now seats about 2,700
since its massive renovations of the 1940s.
The building was designed by Sidney Badgely and financed by Hart Massey, of Massey-Harris (later known as Massey Ferguson) fame. Its original purpose was to provide a secular place where people could gather to listen to non-religious music. It cost about 150,000 dollars to build in 1894, which is the equivalent of about four million of today's dollars.
Many famous figures have visited the site, as either spectators or performers. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visited in 1901, while William Booth, Winston Churchill, and Dalai Lama have all appeared on stage during the building's tenure. It also hosted the famous Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie concert, and both Neil Young's 1971 "Live at Massey Hall" and Rush's 1976 "All the World's a Stage" albums were recorded there.
In 1975, it was named a Heritage Property under the Ontario Heritage Act. Later, in 1981, the hall was designated a National Historic Site in Canada. About a decade following that, to celebrate the hall's 100th anniversary, a bar called Centuries was installed in its basement. Now, visitors can continue to enjoy the atmosphere of the historic hall with a relaxing drink after performances.
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The building was designed by Sidney Badgely and financed by Hart Massey, of Massey-Harris (later known as Massey Ferguson) fame. Its original purpose was to provide a secular place where people could gather to listen to non-religious music. It cost about 150,000 dollars to build in 1894, which is the equivalent of about four million of today's dollars.
Many famous figures have visited the site, as either spectators or performers. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visited in 1901, while William Booth, Winston Churchill, and Dalai Lama have all appeared on stage during the building's tenure. It also hosted the famous Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie concert, and both Neil Young's 1971 "Live at Massey Hall" and Rush's 1976 "All the World's a Stage" albums were recorded there.
In 1975, it was named a Heritage Property under the Ontario Heritage Act. Later, in 1981, the hall was designated a National Historic Site in Canada. About a decade following that, to celebrate the hall's 100th anniversary, a bar called Centuries was installed in its basement. Now, visitors can continue to enjoy the atmosphere of the historic hall with a relaxing drink after performances.
For more information on Massey Hall box office, check out our website!
If you are reading this on any other blog than Sports and Entertainment 4 All or via my RSS Feed, it is stolen content without credit.
You can find me on Twitter via @RyansEvents
Come and visit our blog at http://sportsandentertainment4all.weebly.com/