Timetable Pre-Congress Toronto
Thursday May 21, 2009
| Daytime | Come to Toronto early and visit the city’s non-Deco attractions, including Art Gallery of Ontario renovation by Frank Gehry; Gardiner Museum (ceramics); Eaton Centre (shopping); Toronto City Hall; Distillery Historic District and more! |
| Afternoon | Attendees arrive in Toronto; check in to Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West |
| 4:00 to 6:00 PM | REGISTRATION in hotel lobby |
| 6:00 to 10:00 PM | INFORMAL RECEPTION in hotel (cash bar) |
Friday May 22, 2009
| 9:15 to 10:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST at The Carlu (in Clipper Room); hopefully tour the fully restored 1930 Round Room restaurant and Eaton Auditorium |
| 10:30 AM to Noon | DOWNTOWN ART DECO WALKING TOUR, Part 1 – includes Maple Leaf Gardens; former TD Bank; former Ontario Hydro Building; Carr Hall and former St. Basil’s College (by Ernest Cormier); Cloverhill Apartments |
| Lunch | On your own (recommendations provided) |
| 2:00 to 4:00 PM | DOWNTOWN ART DECO WALKING TOUR, Part 2 (begins at Royal York) – includes Prudential House; former Toronto Stock Exchange; Bank of Nova Scotia; Concourse Building |
| 4:00 to 6:30 PM | FREE TIME – Suggestions include Gardiner Museum (ceramics); Art Gallery of Ontario; shopping on Bloor Street or Queen Street West |
| 6:30 to 11:00 PM | ART DECO DINNER-DANCE: Imperial Room (fully restored 1929 ballroom) at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel – Dress: vintage of the period or evening attire |
| 6:30 to 7:30 | COCKTAIL RECEPTION (cash bar) |
| 7:30 to 8:30 | BUFFET DINNER |
| 8:30 to 11:00 | DANCING to the Toronto All-Star Big Band, a 17-piece band playing hit numbers from the 1920s and 30s |
Saturday May 23, 2009
| Breakfast | On your own (recommendations provided) |
| 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | BUS TOUR OF TORONTO’S ART DECO BUILDINGS Drive past such landmarks as Automotive Building & Horse Palace at CNE; former Eglinton Theatre; Garden Court Apartments; former Postal Delivery Building. Includes box lunch on lawn of R.C. Harris Filtration Plant, overlooking Lake Ontario |
| 2:00 to 3:30 PM | Curatorial tour of ART DECO: FROM THE BERNARD & SYLVIA OSTRY COLLECTION at the Royal Ontario Museum. The ROM owns more pieces of Lalique glass than any North American museum. |
| 3:30 to 4:30 PM | AFTERNOON TEA (Location to be determined) |
| 4:30 onwards | FREE TIME – Suggestions include visiting other Toronto buildings through Doors Open (10th anniversary series of open-houses at many local buildings, theme is ‘Literary City’ DINNER on your own (recommendations provided) |
Sunday May 24, 2009
Travel to Montreal.
