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Remembering Toronto’s Teck Theatre on Queen St. East

July 25, 2014 johndougtaylor

Teck Theatre in 1932. The film on the marquee is “Delicious,” a George Gershwin romantic musical comedy. The photo gazes east along Queen Street East

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Odeon Theatre in Parkdale—Toronto

July 23, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Odeon Theatre in 1919. The featured movie is Cecil  B. DeMille’s film, “Don’t Change Your Husband,” a silent comedy released in 1919. Photo from

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Toronto’s Empire (Rialto, Palton) Theatre—Queen St. East

July 22, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Imperial Theatre, which later became the Empire, in January 1919. Photo from Salmon Collection in the Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 88. The Theatre

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Toronto’s King Theatre on College St. at Manning

July 20, 2014 johndougtaylor

Sketch of the facade of the King Theatre for the renovations in 1932, by the architect Saxon H. Hunter  The King was among the first

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Toronto’s Eastwood Theatre on Gerrard St. East

July 18, 2014 johndougtaylor

          The Eastwood Theatre in 1948, Ontario Archives AO 2055 The Eastwood Theatre was one of the largest theatres built in the 1920s that was

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The Crown Theatre, Toronto, on Gerrard St. East

July 17, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Crown Theatre in August 1956, City of Toronto Archives, NE6-1458 The Crown Theatre at 587-91 Gerrard Street East was one of Toronto’s earliest movie

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Toronto’s old Rivoli (People’s) Theatre on Queen West

July 15, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Rivoli Restaurant and Club on Queen Street West, a short distance east of Spadina While wandering around Toronto examining its heritage architecture, sometimes I

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Old bank of Montreal at Queen and Portland

July 14, 2014 johndougtaylor

B The former site of a branch of the Bank of Montreal, at 577 Queen Street West, on the southeast corner of Portland and Queen

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Toronto’s architectural gems—150-154 King St. East

July 13, 2014 johndougtaylor

The 1850s buildings on King Street, with a modern condo surrounding them. In 1833, a year prior to the town of York being incorporated as

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The Iola (Ace, Regal) Theatre—Toronto

July 12, 2014 johndougtaylor

             The Ace Theatre c. 1948. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 89 The Ace Theatre opened in April 1913 as the New Onoka

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