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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

Some of the earliest basketball games ever played happened in this building, and Feist played here a century later. The Great Hall at 1087 Queen Street West in Toronto was built for the West End YMCA - cornerstone laid November 13, 1889, dedicated October 9, 1890 - a High Victorian red-brick landmark by Gordon and Helliwell at the corner of Queen and Dovercourt. The original program was pure YMCA: a gymnasium with a bowling alley, a suspended running track - used by Boston Marathon winner Tom L...