*The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was the only fraternal organization granted full access to the United Nations, including the Security Council, following the opening of the U.N.
This was at the behest of President Roosevelt, because the IOOF was the only fraternal organization in the 1940s which did not practice discrimination on grounds of race, religion or creed, their membership including both Blacks and Jews. They continued to sponsor Student tours of the United Nations and the Security Council for grade twelve Secondary School students from Toronto and area into the 1990s.

*The Women’s Christian Temperance Union’s agenda was appropriately left wing and consistent with later site usage, the Christian Temperance Union being the only organization giving unconditional support to Women’s Suffrage.

*The rather extensive City Dairy horse barns were located off the lane behind the El Mocambo.

*The Spadina Streetcar operated between Bloor and the Lakeshore until 1948 but there was no turning loop. At end of line the driver simply walked to the other end of the double ended car and drove it the opposite direction. There was a half century gap in Spadina Streetcar service with its return in 1997.

*The first Toronto Office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission (174 Spadina) for claims and placement for both men and women was located on the west side of Spadina at about Sullivan in 1940 and continued there up to the 60s.