Un-curious people are a mystery to me - how can you live your life and not ask questions about STUFF
The place I have been going to yoga is in a basement of this very old building (for Toronto standards). One of the rooms looks like a vault. I asked one of the instructors - “this looks like some sort of vault” and they said “I never thought about it, yeah, this door is very big and heavy”
So I did my research (tm)
Replying to @renata@cosocial.ca
It’s a heritage building, it used to be part of the The E.W. Gillett Company built in 1910-12 and it was not uncommon for those to have vaults in the lower floors to keep financials, or even money.
I found this image of a postcard of how it used to look like. Now it’s offices and things like yoga studios
Be curious. It’s fun to find out what things are and where they came from
Replying to @renata@cosocial.ca
And, like, I know if I tell that instructor what I found about the building and the vault, they’re just gonna say “oooh… that’s so cool…” and forget it in the next nanosecond
Please I beg you be curious, it’s very cool
Replying to @renata@cosocial.ca
Sometimes I think that I know so much random Toronto history for someone who was not even born here
@renata it’s been 12 years since i’ve lived in my home town of toronto and it already feels so different every time i return. i love little history tidbits about particular buildings. it makes the city feel less like a backdrop and more like a living place.