Creating paintings of the Humber River Valley has interested me for many years. Watching the river meander through Toronto toward its destiny in Lake Ontario
Month: March 2015
When Hurricane Hazel struck the city in October 1954, I was a teenager. It was the worst natural disaster the city ever endured. This is the
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers
In 1951, I began collecting Toronto newspapers that I considered milestones in history. Included in the collection were Life Magazines and copies of the Star
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Toronto’s old Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre on November 18, 1930. City of Toronto Archives, Salmon Collection, Series 1278 File 136. In 1880, a grand theatre opened in Toronto
Grant Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, SC 488-1146 Of all the theatres explored in my posts, my fondest memories are of
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Toronto’s old Odeon Danforth Theatre—Post 11
Odeon Danforth Theatre, the film “Jassy” on the marquee. Released in 1947, it was a drama about an English squire and his daughter’s friendship with
Paradise Theatre c. 1946. Ontario Archives During the summer of 2014, in my quest to locate and photograph Toronto’s old local theatres, none of
The Revue Theatre in 1938, Ontario Archives. The Revue Theatre at 400 Roncesvalles Avenue is one of the oldest surviving movie houses in Toronto, its
The Radio City Theatre in 1941, Ontario Archives The Radio City Theatre was located at 1454 Bathurst Street, a short distance south of St. Clair