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Toronto’s Royal Theatre (Roma) on Dundas Street

July 11, 2014 johndougtaylor

             The Royal Theatre c. 1950, photo from The City of Toronto Archives The Royal Theatre in downtown Toronto was located at 1481-1483 Dundas Street

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Esquire Theatre—Toronto

July 9, 2014 johndougtaylor

            The Esquire Theatre at 2290 Bloor Street West, c. 1937. City of Toronto Archives, SC 488-1149 The Esquire Theatre was a small neighbourhood theatre

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The 1950s movie theatre at Centre Island, Toronto

July 7, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Island Theatre at Centre Island, Toronto Islands, Photo by John Milne, from the City of Toronto Archives Even in the 1790s, the islands in

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Toronto’s Manufacturers Building at 312 Adelaide Street West

July 5, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Manufacturers Building at 312 Adelaide Street West, is on the northwest corner of Widmer and Adelaide Streets. It was constructed for David Garfinkel in

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The Lansdowne Theatre—Toronto

July 4, 2014 johndougtaylor

                                                  The Lansdowne Theatre, c. 1955 The Lansdowne Theatre was a neighbourhood movie house located at 683 Lansdowne Avenue, on the east side of

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Toronto’s old Kenwood Theatre on Bloor St. West

July 1, 2014 johndougtaylor

A marathon run on Bloor Street on April 14, 1936. Photo, Globe and Mail, G&M 29609 The above photo is the one I was able

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John Kay (Wood Gundy Building), Toronto—11 Adelaide St. W.

June 30, 2014 johndougtaylor

                  The facade of the John Kay Building (Wood Gundy),  at 11 Adelaide Street West, Photo taken in 2013. Unfortunately, only the ornate facade of

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Characteristics of Canadians—happy Canada Day 2014

June 29, 2014 johndougtaylor

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

June 29, 2014 johndougtaylor

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

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Toronto’s Blue Bell Theatre (the Gay)

June 28, 2014 johndougtaylor

                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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