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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Danforth Music Hall (Allan’s Danforth)

December 14, 2013 johndougtaylor

                      The Danforth Music Hall, at 147 the Danforth, is located on the south side of the street, a short distance east of Broadview Avenue.

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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Panasonic Theatre (Victoria, Astor, New Yorker)

December 13, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Panasonic Theatre at 651 Yonge Street was originally a four-story residence, built in 1911 in the Second-Empire style, with a Mansard roof containing windows

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the former hotel at Bay and Elm Streets

December 12, 2013 johndougtaylor

The restored 19th-century-style building on the southwest corner of Elm and Bay Streets is an excellent example of the architectural gems from the past that

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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Westwood Theatre

December 11, 2013 johndougtaylor

                                City of Toronto Archives, Series 1257, S1057, It. 8480 (1) The Westwood Theatre was at 3743 Bloor Street West, at the intersection of

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Viewing the movie “White Xmas” in Toronto in 1954

December 10, 2013 johndougtaylor

This photograph of the Christmas lights on Yonge Street was taken in 1958, with a Kodak Pony 35mm camera. It looks north on Yonge from

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Toronto’s Parkdale Theatre on Queen St. near Roncesvalles

December 9, 2013 johndougtaylor

This photo of the Parkdale Theatre at 1605 Queen Street West, on the southwest corner of Queen and Triller Avenue, is from the Ontario Archives

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Toronto’s 1881 row of shops at 388-396 Queen West

December 8, 2013 johndougtaylor

The above photo reveals an impressive row of shops on Queen Street West, near the northwest corner of Queen and Spadina. The shops are contained

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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Town Cinema

December 7, 2013 johndougtaylor

                          The above photo is from the collection of the Toronto Reference Library, and was taken in 1969 by Dick Darrell of the Toronto

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Toronto’s old Alhambra Theatre

December 5, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Alhambra Theatre was at 568 Bloor Street, on the north side of the street, a short distance west of Bathurst Street. The above photograph,

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Toronto’s old Palace movie theatre on the Danforth

December 1, 2013 johndougtaylor

The magnificent Palace Theatre at 664 Danforth Avenue was a few doors west of the northeast corner of Danforth and Pape. The above photo from

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