tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post3728456968347532800..comments2024-03-29T03:26:43.543-04:00Comments on The Toronto Dreams Project Historical Ephemera Blog: Casa Loma & The Crooked KnightAdam Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07330281017966163295noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-73381333601917879192017-11-30T11:01:29.302-05:002017-11-30T11:01:29.302-05:00The smartest thing the City of Toronto has done in...The smartest thing the City of Toronto has done in a century is sign a long term lease with the Liberty Group. Casa Loma looks brilliant today after the disillusioned "public" sector nearly destroyed a magnificent landmark destination. thomasandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437309493378934194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-29995255198311162572017-11-30T10:58:21.196-05:002017-11-30T10:58:21.196-05:00I wonder who would have built the Toronto Electric...I wonder who would have built the Toronto Electric Light Company in 1883, Adam Beck? Beck was a bankrupt, political scoundrel that used public money to steal the electric company that was built by private money like Edison did and is still operating as General Electric in Schenectady, New York. Beck's dream of "free" public electricity is killing us now. thomasandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437309493378934194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-28382929758289481262016-09-09T16:24:56.566-04:002016-09-09T16:24:56.566-04:00Sources and details are given for the payment of $...Sources and details are given for the payment of $32 million for most of the assets of the Electrical Development Company on page. 237 of The Railway King of Canada Sir William Mackenzie 1849-1923 by R.B. Fleming UBC Press, Vancouver 1991. The book earlier describes that Pellatt borrowed $1 million for the construction of Casa Loma from Sir William Mackenzie, his partner in the electrical company, and that Pellatt paid Mackenzie back with his share of the Electrical Company. By the time the shareholders voted to accept the government's offer, Pellatt received nothing because that is how much of the company he owned. <br /><br />doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535264806592508454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-40670247835964672382016-08-15T15:50:59.416-04:002016-08-15T15:50:59.416-04:00glm.... well said, was the exact feel I had while ...glm.... well said, was the exact feel I had while reading, another socialist, upset they don't have a pot to piss in and expect everyone else to pay....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-46994477474632403822016-02-04T09:42:02.997-05:002016-02-04T09:42:02.997-05:00Adam the way you write with the angst, and the sil...Adam the way you write with the angst, and the silly comments you made are indication that you are socialist leftist who probably never achieved much in your life and despise the people who did. You probably still rent an apartment and possibly even share it with you mom. Try do do something with yourself. Invest improve things, build something! To see what it takes and if you can handle it. Then you can criticize and say something meaningful. And stop spreading insults and stupidity. glmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753599452869598409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-89688201358544511042016-01-18T00:03:06.462-05:002016-01-18T00:03:06.462-05:00Thank-you Adam for sharing this, very interesting ...Thank-you Adam for sharing this, very interesting and informative. Would make for a great period drama movie by Merchant Ivory. I remember climbing the garden walls when I was about ten or eleven and playing in the abandoned, overgrown garden. My Nanny lived down the street and when my mother would leave me there to visit for a week or two, I would get bored and venture to the castle - good times.Iam1ina1000000https://www.blogger.com/profile/02408334587049794287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-31376008460769864532015-08-31T16:25:33.336-04:002015-08-31T16:25:33.336-04:00Sorry, I wrote this long enough ago that I'm n...Sorry, I wrote this long enough ago that I'm not sure what the source for that bit was — or if I made a mistake. I've updated the wording to reflect that.Adam Bunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112071438967577096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-68257706180774776952014-11-11T13:39:11.570-05:002014-11-11T13:39:11.570-05:00I'm curious as to the source for your statemen...I'm curious as to the source for your statement that Pellatt and his co-investors in the Electrical Development Company were bought out for more than $30 million. Other sources I've checked say there was no compensation paid for this expropriation. Which is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-33566951143318102052014-11-04T06:20:03.146-05:002014-11-04T06:20:03.146-05:00I better find a wife soon, get married and have my...I better find a wife soon, get married and have my wedding all around Casa loma, ( house on the hill in Spanish) before they turn it into a zoo. RIP. Sir Henry Pellatt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8790289735302476857.post-27555081697002214072014-06-19T15:32:31.050-04:002014-06-19T15:32:31.050-04:00Thanks, I had been looking for some REAL informati...Thanks, I had been looking for some REAL information about Pellatt. Every other source regales him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com