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The Royal York Hotel, located at 100 Front Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is also known as the Fairmont Royal York. It first opened on on June 11, 1929 by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. It has 28 floors and 1365 rooms.

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    Celebrating in style: Fairmont Royal York celebrates 90th birthday

    by W. Andrew Powell June 25, 2019
    by W. Andrew Powell June 25, 2019

    Happy birthday to the Fairmont Royal York! Last night the historic hotel celebrated its 90th birthday with a huge party, showing off the newly renovated lobby and ballrooms while celebrating the hotel’s rich history.

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    Fairmont Royal York prepares to celebrate 90th anniversary with “majestic transformation”

    by W. Andrew Powell March 24, 2019
    by W. Andrew Powell March 24, 2019

    Toronto’s iconic Fairmont Royal York hotel celebrates its 90th anniversary this summer, and in honour of the special occasion, the hotel is preparing to unveil a number of changes, from the lobby experience to the guest suites, and the food.

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    Royal York diary, Part 10: TIFF and the princess’s castle

    by Christopher Heard September 25, 2009
    by Christopher Heard September 25, 2009

    The 2009 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF as it is now called officially, has come to a close and this year the Fairmont Royal York played host to some serious TIFF action. You knew something wonderful was happening here as soon as you walked through the front doors end entered the lobby, a wonderful poster welcoming TIFF participants greeted you. The poster, another touch of brilliance courtesy of the film and TV person here at the Royal York, Kolene Elliott, was a very faithful recreation of the poster for The Wizard of Oz only it wasn’t Oz at the end of the yellow brick road, it was the Royal York. And it just got better from there.

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    Royal York diary, Part 9: The Honey Harvest

    by Christopher Heard September 8, 2009
    by Christopher Heard September 8, 2009

    I have often mentioned in this series that life inside the Fairmont Royal York Hotel is a swirling microcosm of activity and life, and the closer you look the more intricate and fascinating that microcosm becomes, uniquely so here at the Royal York as that microcosm of activity reaches from the very sun-splashed rooftops to the convention floor canyons of stainless steel in the kitchens.

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    Royal York diary, Part 8: Movie magic

    by Christopher Heard August 25, 2009
    by Christopher Heard August 25, 2009

    Originally I was going to call this chapter of the series “The Fairmont Royal York Goes To The Movies,” but in essence it really should be called “The Movies Go To The Fairmont Royal York.”

    On Tuesday, August 4th the Toronto International Film Festival held the second of its annual summer press conferences in the venerable Imperial Room here at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

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    Royal York diary, Part 7: Solitude and the gryphon

    by Christopher Heard August 12, 2009
    by Christopher Heard August 12, 2009

    In the last week I have been sitting in the mezzanine lounge of the Royal York Hotel, or sitting in Epic restaurant lounge – watching people make their way through the lobby or relax over a cocktail after either a long day in meetings or a long day of sightseeing – just feeling the energy of the place. It got me thinking about the allure of living in a hotel and why it is something that writers and actors and artists and musicians seem to gravitate towards.

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    Royal York diary, Part 6: The hotel connection

    by Christopher Heard July 30, 2009
    by Christopher Heard July 30, 2009

    I have always felt a magical, almost cosmic connection to the Fairmont Royal York, and for some time I wondered where that feeling came from.

    After all, I have been lucky enough to have spent time in some of the finest hotels in North America – from New York to Beverly Hills, from Miami to Maui, but still, when I am asked to name my favourite hotel, The Fairmont Royal York is always the answer I give without a breath of hesitation.

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    Royal York diary, Part 5: An Epic night of dining

    by Christopher Heard July 23, 2009
    by Christopher Heard July 23, 2009

    Living in the ever changing, exciting world of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel reminded me that, as familiar with a place you think you may be, it can and does show you constantly that there is more to the place than meets the eye.

    Such was confirmed for me recently on a wonderful evening that begin on the roof of the hotel and ended with a splendid dinner with the hours in between being filled with great company, great food, and lots of hotel talk.

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    Royal York diary, Part 4: Meeting place for the world

    by Christopher Heard July 14, 2009
    by Christopher Heard July 14, 2009

    In the latest instalment of the great Fairmont Royal York Writer In Residence adventure, Christopher Heard takes a look at life in the hotel this week, and then wanders down the corridors of memory lane for a look back through his career as a writer.

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    Royal York diary, Part 3: Hotel memories

    by Christopher Heard July 8, 2009
    by Christopher Heard July 8, 2009

    Last night as I was writing notes for this book on the experience of living in the Fairmont Royal York, on hotel living and hotel culture, it occurred to me that many if not most of the crazy adventures I have lived, and wonderful, although sometimes surreal experiences I have had, all are connected in one way or another to a hotel. In that way, the hotel becomes part of the sense memory of the event or experience.

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