In early October 1912, Arena Gardens opened on Mutual Street, just south of Dundas. The opening spectacle, Toronto Music Festival, drew a crowd of over 5,000 and featured orchestras and soloists including Marie Dressler. By the end of the year the ice surface was ready, and the site became Ontario’s first artificial ice rink. The first hockey game held in 1912 also marked the first season of the Toronto Hockey Club (the team known as The Blueshirts) in the National Hockey Association. Known over the decades as Arena Gardens, Mutual Street Arena, and eventually The Terrace, the before the site continued to be used for a huge variety of sports and entertainment before it was closed and demolished in 1989. 1. Exterior of the Arena Gardens, 1912, Fonds 550, File 45. 2. Detail from Goad's insurance plan, plate 10, 1912. Fonds 2, Series 2421, File 21, Item 16. 3. Exterior and interior views of the Mutual Street Arena, 1920s. Fonds 550, File 5 4. Mutual Street Arena, between 1940 and...