A ‘ghost sign’ tells the story of what was once a music school
A 'ghost' sign uncovered during renovations of what was previously a variety store on The Danforth in Toronto.Sometimes, the names you uncover on a ghost sign aren’t ghosts at all.my hunt for a building for my wife’s mid-century modern furniture store
But what, I wrote then, would I find underneath? Would it be one of the earliest businesses to occupy this 1922 building? Nope.“Yeah, that’s where my customer, Joe the Doctor, went for guitar lessons,” said Sebastian Terzo as he looked out the window of his Danforth East Soccer Café toward my building across the street.
The next day, I consulted the City of Toronto Might’s Directories online, scanned by Toronto Public Library and covering 1797 to 1969. Might’s are mighty indeed, as they not only list city residents, businesses are listed by street, making it easy to follow the history of a particular building. So, starting with 1921, I learned that my part of the Danforth was sparse, with few addresses listed but, in 1922, my street number appeared for the first time and was listed as “vacant.
And that’s when I learned about Maestro Tony Silvani , who came to Toronto in 1959 with his wife, Giovanna, and daughter , from the Abruzzo region of Italy. For decades, Southern Ontario’s Italian community was entertained by the Tony Silvani Orchestra, and thousands of children were taught at his music schools.at dances around town while delivering Mio ginger ale by day.
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