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were added to the property to the north. In 2006, the club added one tennis court and introduced a state-of-the-art aquatics complex with a retractable roof. In 2012, the club broke ground on its most significant capital project since moving to Bayview. The "Shiftingravity" expansion has expanded fitness offerings, a new children's area and activity centre, a consolidated pro shop and 200 additional parking spaces.
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The Granite Club was founded in 1875 on St. Mary's Street in downtown Toronto. It was initially a curling club. It provided a curling rink and a skating rink as facilities. After only five years on St. Mary's Street, expansion was needed in order to improve existing facilities and to accommodate the
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district, bordering on the Don Valley. Alterations and additions to the new building have continued and the acquisition of adjacent properties to the north have both expanded the club's developable land and established the ability to add floor space to the clubhouse. In 1994, five new tennis courts
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In 1925, a piece of land on St. Clair Avenue West, near Yonge Street, was purchased to accommodate a growing membership, the changing face of recreational activities and conversion from a gentlemen's to a family club. The St. Clair location housed seven badminton courts, several five-pin bowling
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The location on Church Street is now the site of Barbara Hall Park, and the 1906 clubhouse is now a community centre, "
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The fourth club home was opened in 1972 on a 22-acre site on Bayview Avenue north of Lawrence Avenue in the
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ice hockey club would last into the 1900s and produce Canadian amateur champion and Olympic champion teams.
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lanes, a swimming pool and two squash courts in addition to curling, skating, lawn bowling and tennis.
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team, considered the first or one of the first organized ice hockey teams in Toronto. The
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growing membership. In 1880, the club moved to 471 Church Street, where it added
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A sign outside the Granite Club, showing the club's
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Private social and athletic club in Toronto, Canada
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The Granite Club
Granite Curling Club

coat of arms
social and athletic club
Toronto, Ontario
Bayview Avenue
midtown Toronto
lawn bowling
tennis
ice hockey
Toronto Granites
figure skating
Kurt Browning
Patrick Chan
Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Underhill
Paul Martini
Bridle Path
The 519
Guild Park and Gardens
aquatics
badminton
curling
fitness
golf
ice skating
pickleball
squash
restaurant

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