SportsLit (Season 9, Episode 1) - Russell Field (Associate Prof. - U. of Manitoba) - A Night at the Gardens: Class, Gender and Respectability in 1930s Toronto

The story, and history of Maple Leaf Gardens is well documented. It has been described as having religious significance, there is reverence and well earned-lore. A loathsome thread exists too. Without question it is one of the most significant buildings ever constructed in Canada and a big part of its legend is that it was completed during the early years of the Great Depression. But what was…