{"id":1517,"date":"2012-05-17T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T20:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2013-06-10T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:34:18","slug":"christina-zeidler-of-the-gladstone-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2012\/05\/17\/christina-zeidler-of-the-gladstone-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Zeidler of The Gladstone Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hotel-Exterior-face-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1526\" title=\"Hotel-Exterior-face-small\" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hotel-Exterior-face-small-e1337282238796.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two venerable cultural landmarks&#8211;institutions, really&#8211; on <strong>Queen Street West<\/strong>.\u00a0One is the self-consciously glamorous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrakehotel.ca\/\">Drake Hotel<\/a> (about which we&#8217;ll be posting material here shortly) and the other is the no less glamorous but possibly more culturally earnest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gladstonehotel.com\/hotel\">Gladstone Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We talked recently to the President of the Gladstone Hotel, artist, filmmaker and hotelier, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinazeidler.com\/\">Christina Zeidler<\/a>. Her father, <strong>Eberhard Zeidler<\/strong>, is the architect responsible for the restoration of the original hotel. His portfolio also includes the Eaton Centre, Ontario Place and the restoration of Queens Quay Terminal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zT3QcKWzeA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos of the unique artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1524\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/306-Urban-Voyageur-Fortin-Cheveldeyoff-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1524\" title=\"Artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/306-Urban-Voyageur-Fortin-Cheveldeyoff-2-e1337285812582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed by Koma Designs + Paul Fortin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1519\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/D_BillioRoom02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1519\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1519\" title=\"Artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/D_BillioRoom02-e1337285883759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed by Bruno Billio<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1521\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/409-Tower-Suite-CZ-Zeidler-JZeidler-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1521\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1521\" title=\"Artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/409-Tower-Suite-CZ-Zeidler-JZeidler-3-e1337285916698.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed by Christina Zeidler + Jane Zeidler<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1520\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/404-Canadiana-Francis-Gilmour-Gilmour-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1520\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1520\" title=\"Artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/404-Canadiana-Francis-Gilmour-Gilmour-1-e1337285946949.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed by The Big Stuff + Jenny Francis<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1525\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NEW-301-Skygazer-SM1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1525\" title=\"Artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NEW-301-Skygazer-SM1-e1337285989552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designed by Celeste Toogood and Christopher Martin<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two venerable cultural landmarks&#8211;institutions, really&#8211; on Queen Street West.\u00a0One is the self-consciously glamorous Drake Hotel (about which we&#8217;ll be posting material here shortly) and the other is the no less glamorous but possibly more culturally earnest Gladstone Hotel. 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