In the 1890s, the Broadview Hotel housed a grand piano in its tower.

Broadview House Hotel was built in 1891. At that time it had a large fourth-floor meeting room that sported a square grand piano. Until the 1890’s, the intersection of Queen and Broadview was the eastern entrance to Toronto. A tollgate stood in the middle of the road. Round wrought-iron water troughs for horses were at the southeast corner, along with underground public washrooms.
(Source: Ron Fletcher, South Riverdale Lives and Legends)

Interesting facts about Riverside...
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• Baseball Place is the location of Toronto's first professional baseball field, built in 1885
• The Opera House is one of Toronto's longest operating live music theatres
• In the 1890s, the Broadview Hotel housed a grand piano in its tower
• "Cinderella Man", Russel Crowe and Renee Zellwegger's great depression drama transformed the district in 2004
• E.J. Lennox, architect of the Old City Hall and Casa Loma built the 1913 Postal Station 'G', now the Ralph Thornton Centre