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Toronto’s old Allen Beach Theatre (the Beach)

January 15, 2014 johndougtaylor

The above photo is from from the Toronto Telegram of June 26, 1964 (City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 21). The Beach Theatre was

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Toronto’s old Metro movie theatre at 679 Bloor West

January 13, 2014 johndougtaylor

                    The above photo from the City of Toronto Archives (Series 881 – file 350) depicts the Metro Theatre in 1939, the year it opened.

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Toronto’s old Paradise movie theatre (Eve’s Paradise)

January 12, 2014 johndougtaylor

            This photo from the City of Toronto Archives (1150N-147) was likely taken about 1937, the year the Paradise Theatre opened, as the film starring

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Toronto’s old movie theatre—the Mt. Pleasant (Hudson)

January 11, 2014 johndougtaylor

                 The Mount Pleasant Theatre is one of Toronto’s oldest surviving movie theatres. When it opened in 1926, it was named the Hudson. At the

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Toronto’s Broadway Theatre (Globe, Roxy) on Queen St. West

January 9, 2014 johndougtaylor

The above photo from the City of Toronto Archives (Fonds 124, file 0124, It. 0017) shows the Broadway Theatre at 75 Queen Street West c.1960.

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Toronto’s architectural gems—St. James Cathedral on King St. East

January 9, 2014 johndougtaylor

                     St. James Cathedral at 65 Church Street, on the northeast corner of Church and King Street East, is one of Toronto’s most historic churches.

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The Bedford (Park) Theatre, Toronto, on north Yonge St.

January 7, 2014 johndougtaylor

The above photo of the Bedford Theatre (City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 23, SC 612), was taken in 1926, likely the year it

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Toronto’s old Pickford (Auditorium) Theatre at Queen and Spadina

January 6, 2014 johndougtaylor

                       Photo from City of Toronto Archives, c. 1933. The Pickford Theatre at 382 Queen Street West was located on the northwest corner of Queen

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Toronto’s old Bloordale (State) movie theatre

January 4, 2014 johndougtaylor

              4 This photo from the City of Toronto Archives (1103-100) of the Bloordale Theatre was likely taken in 1937, the year the theatre opened.

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Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital

January 2, 2014 johndougtaylor

The above picture is from a 1950s post card. On the reverse side of the card is a purple 4-cents stamp with the image of

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