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 Awesome Art Hotels
"Christina, a film-and-video artist in her own right, commissioned local talents to design the 37 rooms."
CNN.com March 18, 2008 » |
 Alternative Guesthouses & Hotels
We love this little 37-room gem which opened up in the cool Queen West neighbourhood.
WGSN Jan 1, 2008 » |
 Top 10 Toronto Hotels
Gladstone listed as #1 hotel in Toronto.
Guardian UK December 28, 2007 »
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 Go West, Young Hipsters
"West Queen Street West extends all the way down to Gladstone Street, where the oh-so-hip Gladstone Hotel opened in late 2006..."
The New York Times Sept.2, 2007 » |
 Condé Nast's Hot Nights
"With walls paneled in rich wood, alabaster ceilings, fat Romanesque pillars, and an original 1930s wooden bar..."
Condé Nast Traveller May 07 » |
 Gladstone Hotel
"The third and fourth floors of the Gladstone are a full-fledged hotel with a unique story all to itself...."
MocoLoco March 6, 2007 » |
 Architecture - Gladstone Hotel
"This December, Toronto's Gladstone Hotel marks the beginning of its new glory days when it opens its doors."
Design Lines Fall 2005 » |
 The Numbers Guide
"Toronto is proving again that they've fully grasped the concept of the boutique hotel, and the Gladstone shows us how."
Strut Magazine Fall 2005 » |
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 Passport Pictures
"A hot new trend in the hotel world is for artists to play interior designer. Funky, amusing, whimsical and sexy, these customized cribs are..."
Elle Canada April 2006 » |
| FOOD + FOOD EVENTS |
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 Sunday Brunch
"The servers are bright-eyed and smiling, and the water and coffee arrive at our table quickly. Not to mention the delicious food!"
TasteTO Jan 8, 2008 » |
 Toronto Brunch Spotlight
"They've done a great job fixing up the Gladstone. The place has been transformed to a local and tourist destination."
Toronto.com March 2007 » |
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| GLADSTONE PRODUCED EVENTS |
 MORE come up to my room!
An alternative design show focusing on emerging and self-taught design talent using the 119 year old hotel as the setting.
PoppyTalk Feb 26, 2008 » |
 Come up to my room ...Please?
"...asks all of Toronto to take a look at what wonderfully beautiful (and clever and inspiring...) projects Canadian artists and designers have thought up."
blogTO.com Feb 21, 2008 » |
 Get Inspired at CUTMR
"The Gladstone always seems to have a unique event going on and continues to have inspiring shows."
Canada.com » |
 Toronto
"Now in its second year, BIG little fibre FIBRE exhibition has once again gathered a very fine collection of artists."
Akimbo Nov 7, 2007 » |
 Contact Openings Galore
"The opening of the CONTACT Photography Festival meant many galleries were having their opening night party."
BlogTo.com May 4, 2007 » |
 touch don't touch
"Playing with the double meanings that "hand", "face" and "body" have in the context of textiles ... a diverse group of works..."
Fibre Quarterly Winter 07 » |
 Come Up To My Room
"Melanie Zanker wipes a layer of sawdust from atop a credenza she's building in her studio, revealing..."
Dose Magazine March 16 06 » |
 Contact Photography Festival 2007
"For those with limited time, the Gladstone Hotel may just be your best bet; the hotel has devoted three floors to Contact!"
Reading Cities May 25, 2007 » |
| AWARDS |
 
 
AWARDS WE HAVE RECEIVED:
- 2008 EYE WEEKLY - VOTED BEST HOTEL BAR
- 2006 NOW MAGAZINE - BEST BARTENDER - Sandy de Almeida for The Gladstone Hotel
- 2006 NOW MAGAZINE - VOTED BEST ART AND DESIGN: -Thirty-seven artist-designed hotel rooms that literally have something to tickle everyone's fancy.
- 2005 EYE WEEKLY - VOTED BEST BOUTIQUE HOTEL
- 2005 NOW MAGAZINE - VOTED BEST ART HOTEL VISION EVER: Christina Zeidler at the Gladstone Hotel. "The idea of utopian society lives on in little pockets where good people do the right things in the right places. Gladstone Hotel (is) a neighbour-centric haven for artists and Parkdale denizens."
- 2001-2005 NOW MAGAZINE - VOTED BEST KARAOKE BAR
- ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTURE - Honourable Mention - To Zeidler Partnerships for Gladstone Hotel project demonstrating diversity, expertise and leadership within the profession today: Celebrated as 'the feel good project of the year'.
- Ontario Association of Architects Announces the Winners of the 2006 OAA Awards Press Release
- ONTARIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISA ACCESSABILITY AWARD for promoting inclusive service through staff incentives and demonstrating industry leadership by recognizing the diverse needs of consumers and clients
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| HOTEL + TRAVEL FEATURES |
Travel site lists globe's 10 hottest night spots
"Toronto karaoke club rated third best place to party in the world."
Canada.com Jan 2008 » |
 Wish list: All I want for Christmas
Bars editor Stacey McLeod reveals what she'd like to find in her stocking this season.
Toronto.com Dec 2007 » |
 Art Hotels
"A local architect-and-developer rescued the Gladstone, a grand old Victorian pile, from flophouse hell five years ago."
Concierge.com April 2007 » |
 From Rags to Cultural Riches
"We love what Christina Ziedler did with the Gladstone Hotel - rebuilding and restoring the structure and filling it with..."
Trendease International Dec 06 » |
 Places in Canada
"A dream to restore the ageing stone building to its former glory, and redevelop the hotel's concept to a 'unique boutique' hotel..."
Sleeper Magazine Spring 06 » |
 Landscape: Toronto
"Three years ago, Christina, with the help of her architect father, Eberhard, bought The Gladstone Hotel..."
Budget Travel Oct 18, 2005 » |
 Zeidler, Inc.
"Eb Zeidler designed the Eaton Centre. His daughter transformed an abandoned factory. Now her sister is doing the same..."
Toronto Life July 2005 » |
 Checking In
"The formerly downbeat Gladstone Hotel invites the art and design community to give it more than just a facelift..."
Canadian Architect Sept 2005 » |
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| ARTIST DESIGNED ROOMS |
 Historic Gladstone Opens Doors
"From the brilliant hues of the Red Room to the neon glow of the Parlor of Twilight, the Gladstone Hotel will open..."
The Villager Jan 9, 2008 »
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| FOOD + FOOD EVENTS |
| FOOD + FOOD EVENTS |
 Harvest Wednesdays
"I love the verb "to taste". It suggests the beginning of something marvelous - the celebration of flavour in your mouth. "
Edible Tulip Aug 9, 2006 » |
 Harvest Wednesdays
"Christina runs the Gladstone not as an hotel but as a social and cultural incubator. This event is no different."
Treehugger Aug 12 06» |
| GLADSTONE PRODUCED EVENTS |
| GLADSTONE PRODUCED EVENTS |
 Interior Vision
"At the Gladstone Hotel’s fifth annual Come Up To My Room exhibition, it was hard not to let the rowdy, no-holds-barred installations sway you."
Azure Magazine Feb 2008 » |
 Karaoke welcomes them all
"Good or bad vocals, love or hate the songs - it all plays a part in making karaoke at the Melody Bar all that it is."
InsideToronto.com Jan 16 08 » |
Come Up To My Room
"Is design the place for social and political commentary, and, fun? It was in the Souvenir Shop at Come Up To My Room."
Moco Loco March 1, 2007 » |
Come Up To My Room
"We attended the alternative design event 'Come Up to My Room" at the Gladstone Hotel and saw fabulous stuff."
TreeHugger March 2, 2007 » |
 Come Up To My Room, 2007
"The yearly alternative design exhibition is completely hands off for the designers... the curators do not interfere..."
blog.TO Feb.28, 2007 » |
 The Art of Music
"Jingle, currently in the loop...is a show displaying artists' personal relation-ships to music. Their aural, visual and tactile responses to musical..."
Women's Post August 11, 2006 » |
 Up In the Old Hotel
"Working with artists, the Zeidler family gives a historic building new life with artist-designed hotel rooms...."
Metropolis May 2005 » |
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