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The Heliconian Hall was built as a church in 1875, when this part of Toronto was still rural. The Heliconian Club, an association of women involved in the arts and letters, acquired the building in 1923. (The club was formed because the all-male Arts and Letters Club denied membership to women at that time.) The hall has "Carpenter's Gothic" architecture with a board and batten exterior, intricate trim, a carved rose window and a wooden spire. The hall's vaulted ceiling provides excellent acoustics, making the club ideal for musical and dramatic presentations. See the club's website for events open to the public. The hall is a designated National Historic Site of Canada; it is the only wooden church structure remaining in Toronto today.
The Toronto Heliconian Club is a non-profit association of women involved in the arts and letters based in Toronto, Ontario. It operates out of Heliconian Hall, a historic building located in the Yorkville area of central Toronto. Founded in 1909, the Club still focuses on its original commitment to women supporting and working in the arts.
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Love Negotiation is an amusing bronze statue of a man and woman sitting at an outside patio table. However, the sexy lady has the head of a rabbit, and the gentleman has a dog's head. It's worth a little detour to see.
Hazelton Avenue is a beautiful residential street within Yorkville lined with older houses with small but very attractive front yards. There are private art galleries at the south end of the street. Sometimes, a sculpture is displayed in front of the art gallery.
On the side of the Christian Louboutin Yorkville shop, there are large murals best seen by climbing to the second storey walkway on the east side of the building.
This is a narrow pedestrian lane lined with shops and restaurants. There is a mural along the lane.
The park features a water fountain, clusters of various types of trees, plant beds and the Yorkville Rock, a 700-ton granite rock transported from Muskoka. There are numerous tables and chairs under the park's trees, and there are two coffee shops on the edge of the park.
There is a quiet square with benches around the church. On the east side of the church, there is an urban vegetable garden.