RE: A forgotten skating venue on Dupont, Dec. 2023

I just wanted to thank you for the lovely article [by Mia Keskinen] on the Toronto Skating Club on Dupont Street. You captured the spirit of the skating history.

As a very young child, I remember being at the Toronto Skating Club on Dupont watching my sister Petra Burka (who later became a World Champion) perform there. 

Recently The Bata Shoe Museum and myself partnered to do a digital website called:

Boots & Blades: The Story of Canadian Figure Skating – bootsandblades.ca.

You will see in the section 1920-1945 Form follows Function more information about some of the skaters mentioned in your article.

One note of interest were the carnivals that were created by the Toronto Skating Club in the 1930s that featured Ballet on Ice. https://bootsandblades.ca/history/form-follows-function/

Thank you for writing the article and making the area aware of the history of the Dupont building.

—Astra Burka
Architect/Filmaker

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