The facade of the John Kay Building (Wood Gundy), at 11 Adelaide Street West, Photo taken in 2013. Unfortunately, only the ornate facade of
Month: June 2014
For Canada Day 2014, I am repeating a section of a post that I placed on this blog on August 8, 2011. It is a
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Toronto’s Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen
Book published in 2014 about Toronto’s old movie theatres. The book explores 50 of Toronto’s old theatres and contains over 80 archival photographs of the
The Blue Bell Theatre, May 1946, City of Toronto Archives The original plans for the Blue Bell Theatre were submitted to the city by
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Toronto’s architectural gems—the Grange and AGO
The Grange and the modern south facade of the Art Gallery of Ontario behind it. (Photo, 2013). The land where the Grange is located was
The above photo is the only picture of the La Salle Theatre that I was able to locate in the archives. It was fortunate that
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The Eclipse Building at 322 King St. West Toronto
The Eclipse Building at 322-324 King Street West, on the northeast corner of John and King West. The building that was constructed for the Eclipse
The Adelphi (Cum Bac) Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, 1105-N-105 I was unable to discover the year that the Adelphi Theatre opened, but
Postcard of the Empress from the collection of the George Scott Railton Heritage Centre of The Salvation Army Some historians refer to the sinking of
The Beaver Theatre in 1947, City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 63 The district that became known as the Junction was originally a rural