FALL 2008
TRIVIA
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Congratulations to the winners of the Trivia Game!

The first five people to send the correct response to last issue’s trivia game were David Dowling, Genalyn Pellecchia, Karen Bowen, Peter Mullen, and tied in fifth place, Winnie Chung and Kang Chen. The photo was of the Casa Loma in Toronto. Thank you to all the other participants who submitted their guesses.
It took three years, $3.5 million and more than 300 workers to build Casa Loma between 1911 and 1914. With stately towers, soaring battlements, secret passageways and sweeping terraces, the medieval-style castle is a product of Sir Henry Pellatt's boyhood dreams.

Upon completion in 1914, at 98 rooms, it was the largest private residence in North America. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook a steer, two vertical passages for pipe organs, central vacuum, two secret passages in Sir Henry's ground-floor office and three bowling alleys (never completed).

During the Depression, Toronto increased Casa Loma's annual property taxes from $600 to $12,000 (this approximately translates to an increase from $6,000 to $111,000 in today's currency), and Pellatt – already experiencing financial difficulties – was forced to auction off $1.5 million worth of art and furnishings for $250,000 during bankruptcy hearings. Sir Henry was able to enjoy life in the castle for 10 years, leaving in 1923.

Today it is Toronto's most glamorous landmark and a magnificent legacy of an extraordinary man.

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