14 Elm Street is a Toronto landmark - a designated building with a lively
history in a convenient downtown location of remarkable colour and vivacity.
The focus of Club life and activity is The Great Hall, a splendid room with
a cathedral ceiling, a large fireplace, a choir gallery, a well-equipped
stage and a pair of Steinway grand pianos. The Great Hall affords wall space
for major exhibitions of paintings, drawings and photography; it also serves
as an intimate concert hall and theatre. Its principal function, however,
is as a dining room, where weekday luncheons and special dinners are served
to members and their guests at refectory tables designed to promote conversation.
It is at these oak tables, day in and day out, that members of the artistic,
literary, professional, and business communities meet to share opinions
and perspectives, and to demonstrate that the art of good conversation is
alive and flourishing.
Adjoining the Great Hall is a well-stocked bar and a comfortable lounge/reading
room for pre- and post-prandial relaxing. The LAMPS room across the hall
is reserved for special luncheons and meetings, while rooms on the upper
floors are used as Club offices.