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  Distillery District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Distillery District is a historic district to the east of the downtown core of Toronto, Canada, spanning 13 acres (52,000 square metres) and comprised of more than 40 heritage buildings and 10 streets.
With the deindustrialization of the surrounding area in the late 20th century, and the winding-down of the distillery operations, the district was left increasingly derelict.
Nonetheless, the closing of the remaining distillery operations in 1990 created redevelopment and investment opportunities for a district that contained the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.
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 Miss Whisky - The Rise And Fall Of Canada's Forgotten Distillery
Gooderham & Worts, [was] not only the largest in Canada, but one of the largest in the world." Even the fire of 1869, which destroyed the essential core of the distillery and cost the company $100,000, did not hinder the growth.
Gooderham & Worts had played their cards right by eliminating the majority of the competition, forming strong business ties, taking advantage of the newly expanding transportation network to allow for exports outside of Ontario and Canada, embracing technological change, and expanding the facilities even after spending millions in duty to the Canadian government each year.
Gooderham & Worts continued to stay in business by making the choice of converting their entire operations to the manufacture of acetone, a highly flammable component of the smokeless explosive codite, commonly known as antifreeze.
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Formerly known as The Gooderham and Worts Distillery, this facility has played an important role in the growth and wealth of both the city and nation, at one time contributing more to the Federal coffers than any other enterprise in the country.
By the 1850s, the Gooderham and Worts distillery was thriving and it's numerous facilities included flour mills, a wharf, the distillery, storehouses, an ice house, a cooper shop and a dairy.
In 1859 the construction of the new Gooderham and Worts Distillery on Mill Street east of Parliament was heralded as the most important contribution to Toronto's manufacturing interests.
www.thedistillerydistrict.com /history.html   (711 words)

  
 The Gooderham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Worts standing in the middle of the bush, on the site that was to become the distillery, and was 'rambling on, apparently without purpose'.
Worts' brain seemed to be a vision for what York was capable of becoming and a windmill, though viewed as eccentric by the early upright citizens of York, was to be just the beginning'.
Worts Windmill, with its non-functioning sails, was to become a cherished folly until it was ultimately demolished in 1856 after being severely damaged in a storm a few years before.
www.brucebelltours.com /html/the_gooderham.html   (1913 words)

  
 William Gooderham: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Bathgate's heirs sold the family homestead in 1907 to William George Gooderham the owner of the Gooderham and Worts distillery.
Gooderham fortuitously discovered a spring of fresh water on the Yonge Street hillside of his property where the York Mills Gardens apartments are now located.
Gooderham played a key role in the residential subdivision of this neighbourhood during the early 1900's.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Gooderham_William_264363367.htm   (420 words)

  
 East/West, Nancy Byrtus, Mark Fram, and Michael McClelland, editors: George Gooderham House
Gooderham was the president of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery, a family-owned company founded in 1832 and, by the late 19th century, the largest enterprise of its kind in the British Empire.
Gooderham resided here until his death in 1905, when he was described as the wealthiest man in Ontario, with a personal fortune of $25 million.
The George Gooderham House is the last surviving example of the mansions that lined Bloor Street in the late 19th century.
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 Historic Buildings | History of Toronto and County of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Located on Mill Street east of Parliament, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery was built in 1859.
This structure was built in 1892 and housed the offices of George Gooderham, of Gooderham and Worts.
Prior to the erection of the Gooderham building, a blunter and less esthetically pleasing structure stood on the site, known as the "coffin block", as the building resembled a coffin.
www.historyoftoronto.ca /history/buildings2.html   (925 words)

  
 Distillery District Gooderham and Worts
In1831, James Worts arrived, from Yorkshire to establish himself as a miller in the Town of York.
The “Worts” was for James’ eldest son, James Gooderham Worts, who inherited his fathers' share of the firm.
In 1924,the Gooderhams decided to sell their controlling interest and by 1926, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery was merged with the Hiram Walker Company as Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts Ltd. Small amounts of Gooderham and Worts-brand whisky and rum as well as antifreeze continued to be produced at the Toronto distillery until 1990.
www.lostrivers.ca /points/distillerydistrict.htm   (885 words)

  
 A Closer Look At Distillery Dairies
Since the disposal of distillery waste in a city environment was a major expense, feeding the swill to dairy cows penned nearby made economic sense.
The deaths caused by raw milk in that era are unforgivable, and should serve as a warning to all who ignore the time-tested lessons in farming and animal husbandry in the pursuit of profit and efficiency.
The feeding of distillery and brewery grains to cattle continues today, on the order of millions of tons per year worldwide, but modern dairy farmers now know to limit the amount of ration actually fed daily to their animals.
www.raw-milk-facts.com /distillery_dairy.html   (324 words)

  
 Gooderham Gooderham, Ontario
Dean Gooderham Acheson, Born in Middletown, Conn. In 1893, died of a heart attack in Sandy Spring, Maryland in October 12th, 1971 at age 78.
This distillery was a Mecca of industrial workings in the of the nineteenth century the Gooderham and Worts name did not last into.
The Gooderham and Worts Distillery (Trinity and Mill St. In the Parliament and Front St. Vicinity) is without a doubt the best preserved 19th century factory.
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 Early History Gooderham, Family, Genealogy, Scole, England, Toronto, Ontario,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Gooderham family was in the Scole, Suffolk locale and the Worts family was of Bungay, Norfolk.
William Gooderham and his good friend, James Worts, were farming and at one point both were in the Royal York Ranger unit which helped in the capture of the islands of Martinique and Guadalups during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Gooderham and Worts families are the originators of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
www.paulturner.ca /Phillips/Gooderham/Gooderham-history.htm   (1004 words)

  
 Distillery District- Toronto, Canada - VirtualTourist.com
What the Distillery Historical District is, is a collection of buildings that were at one time occupied by the Gooderham and Worts Distillery and was constructed in 1832.
Built on the grounds of the Victorian-era Gooderham & Worts distillery, not far from downtown, the Distillery District is in the process of becoming revitalized.
The DISTILLERY DISTRICT is a small enclave of buildings that used to house the Gooderham and Worts Distilleries.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Ontario/Toronto-903418/Things_To_Do-Toronto-Distillery_District-BR-1.html   (1582 words)

  
 Gooderman and Worts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In 1859 the construction of the new Gooderham and Worts Distillery on Mill Street east of Parliament was heralded as the most important contribution to Toronto's manufacturing interests and, surpassed by only a view on the continent.
Following the deaths of William Gooderham and James Worts within a year of each other, George Gooderham inherited the distillery and became it's sole proprietor.
But during the next two decades the distillery's fortunes would be severely affected by World war 1, and Canada's short lived prohibition era that brought production of alcohol beverages to a standstill.
www.antique-bottles.net /forum/m_19620/mpage_1/printable.htm   (565 words)

  
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The Gooderham and Worts Distillery (Trinity and Mill St. in the Parliament and Front St. vicinity) is without a doubt the best preserved 19th century factory complex in the country.
William Gooderham, together with his 7 sons (his 6 daughters, like other well-bred women of the 19th century, were not encouraged to work) and the nephews left orphaned after the death of his sister and James, took control of the factory and re-named it Gooderham and Worts.
Three events of the mid 19th century inspired the tremendous growth of Toronto and the financial boom of the Gooderham and Worts family fortunes.
www.travelandtransitions.com /stories_photos/to_stories_gooderham.htm   (2063 words)

  
 Historic Places - The Register
The Gooderham and Worts Complex includes 30 brick and stone industrial buildings, some of which are attached to one another, located on 3 acres of land at the intersection of Trinity and Mill streets on the eastern edge of downtown Toronto.
The buildings were constructed between 1859 and 1927 to produce, package, store, market and develop spirits for the Gooderham and Worts firm.
The Gooderham and Worts Complex was designated as a site of national historic and architectural importance because: it is an imposing landmark, containing a number of buildings that collectively bear witness to the evolution of the Canadian distilling industry.
www.historicplaces.ca /rep-reg/affichage-display_e.aspx?print=true&id=1195   (715 words)

  
 GHRS - Toronto - Museums/Government/Public
Originally a 70 foot windmill was built by James Worts and William Gooderham in 1832 built overlooking Lake Ontario and it was a very prosperous venture indeed but a tragedy would cut short James Worts' business success.
It is rumoured that in 1834, despondent over the death of his beloved wife during childbirth, Worts ended his life by drowning in a well on the property of the mill.
There is no doubt that his death did take place but the 'probable' suicide is (according to staff) not very clear (it might have been accidental or...?) but knowing the history of his love for his family and the circumstances of the drowning, it's a safe bet that this was a sad and unfortunate suicide.
www.torontoghosts.org /gooderham.htm   (686 words)

  
 CANOE -- TRAVEL: - Sample T.O.'s historic district
At one time, the Gooderham and Worts plant was the largest distillery in the British Commonwealth, finally shutting down alcohol production in 1990.
The Distillery Historic District is also home to several budding annual festivals such as The Distillery Jazz Festival, Woofstock, the Street Circus Festival and The Distillery Blues Festival.
Future visitors of The Distillery Historic District will also be exposed to the dramatic arts as well since The Soulpepper Theatre Company is currently converting two of the old "tank houses" into their new 44,000 square foot theatre.
www.canoe.ca /Travel/MyTravels/2005/07/07/pf-1121521.html   (528 words)

  
 Distillery begins new tradition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Case Goods warehouse was formerly a coppersmith shop for the Gooderham and Worts Distillery, the first mill in 1831 when James Worts, a Yorkshireman, built a windmill with a millstone to grind wheat into flour.
The distillery still has the same strong family spirit that William Gooderham brought with him when he arrived from Yorkshire with 54 family members to help his brother-in-law expand the business.
The distillery that was once the largest in the world used as a rum production operation until 1990.
observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca /features/distillery120103.htm   (584 words)

  
 Marz 格子 » The Distillery - History District (Toronto 1832)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Chicago, X-men, Against the Rope, Bullet Proof Monk, etc… In Dec 2001, the Distillery was purchased by Cityscape and it was officially opened in May 2003.
Remember once I saw someone wrote in his blog that he found Distillery District in Toronto resembles the Grenville Island in Vancouver.
Last but not least, if you ever go to the Distillery, you ought to go to the Sandra Ainsley Gallery, where you can see lots of AMAZING glass artwork… oh my god… Of course, photographing is prohibited, otherwise, I’d take some pictures and share with you guys… and that’s why you should go there.
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 The Distillery Historic District
During the 1800's the Gooderham and Worts Distillery was a huge manufacturing district in the city of Toronto and the largest distillery in the British Empire.
Founded in 1832 by brothers-in-law William Gooderham and James Worts, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery produced millions of gallons of distilled whiskey and spirits in the 1800's.
During the nineties the empty distillery buildings became the number one film location in Canada and continue to be used for that purpose.
www.toronto.com /attractions/listing/000-100-510   (459 words)

  
 GOODERHAM & WORTS - 70/80 MILL ST & 39 PARLIAMENT ST
GOODERHAM & WORTS - 70/80 MILL ST & 39 PARLIAMENT ST Gooderham and Worts Distillery, is the heart of the distillery district and is Toronto’s newest Arts/Entertainment area.
Central in the old distillery is the cooperage, converted into 400 studios for a variety of artists, from photographers to dance studios.
Over 160 movies have been shot around the distillery, and is just north of the new Studio District.
www.alexmoloney.com /gooderham_worts   (171 words)

  
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Formerly the Gooderham and Worts Distillery (founded in 1832), The Distillery has been developed as a centre for arts, culture and entertainment.
In 1926, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery was merged under the parent company of Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts Ltd. Small amounts of Gooderham and Worts-brand whisky and rum as well as antifreeze continued to be produced at the
The Historic Distillery District continues to be the destination of choice for international filmmakers.
www.torontotourism.com /Visitor/WhatToSeeAndDo/Neighbourhoods/DistilleryHistoricDistrict.htm   (470 words)

  
 Mill Street Coffee Porter :: The Art of Drink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mill Street Brewery is located in the Distillery District in Toronto.
This area is the former home of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery, once the largest distillery in all of the British Empire.
In 1990, after a number of mergers, the Gooderham and Worts distillery closed.
www.theartofdrink.com /blog/2006/03/mill-coffee-porter.php   (784 words)

  
 The Distillery Historic District -Toronto
The Distillery District officially opened in 2003 and is a pedestrian only village.
Gooderham and Worts distillery was founded in 1832 and became the largest distillary in the British Empire It ceased operations in 1990.
The main reason for the visit to the Distillery was to visit the Mill Street Brewery, and of course, free samples!
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 SceneandHeard.ca
In addition to offering an enticing line-up of renowned jazz performers, the 2003 Distillery Jazz Festival (May 22-June 1) is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts.
With the new moniker comes a new venue, the Distillery Historic District (13 acres of redeveloped waterfront property), running between Parliament and Cherry Streets, south of Front.
The old Gooderham and Worts Distillery has been converted to a centre for the arts, culture and entertainment, while the city's planners managed to preserve the Victorian-era industrial architecture that is unique to North America.
www.sceneandheard.ca /article.php?id=103&morgue=1   (405 words)

  
 Toronto Culture :: The Distillery Historic District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Founded in 1832 by Brother-in-law William Gooderham and James Worts, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery eventually became the largest distillery in the British Empire.
The Distillery is now a pedestrian-only village entirely dedicated to arts, culture and entertainment.
In addition to the history, arts and culture, The Distillery has been the location for over 800 film and television productions in the past decade, including Chicago, X-Men, Against The Ropes and The Hurricane, making The Distillery District the most popular film location in Canada.
www.livewithculture.ca /content/view/full/3985   (202 words)

  
 Distillery - Artscape   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Founded in 1832, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery is a national heritage site comprised of 44 buildings that represent the best-preserved collection of Victorian industrial architecture in North America.
Previous attempts to redevelop the place had failed to attract enough commercial tenants and financing to be viable.
Aware of the value and excitement that the arts could bring to the cause, Cityscape created a vision for The Distilleryís revival as an arts and entertainment district.
www.torontoartscape.on.ca /distillery   (201 words)

  
 patriciagilbert.com: The Distillery Historic District, Toronto, Ontario
The former Gooderham and Worts Distillery, located on the Toronto waterfront, has been transformed into a vibrant arts community with live entertainment, boutiques and restaurants.
From 1837 until it closed in 1990, the distillery converted the ample harvests of Canadian grain into whiskey that was exported all over North and South America.
The Distillery Historic District is bordered by Parliament St. on the east, Cherry St. on the west, Lake Shore Blvd. W/Gardiner Expwye on the south, and the entrance is off of Mill St. on the north.
www.patriciagilbert.com /-/patriciagilbert/article.asp?ID=890   (658 words)

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