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Toronto’s sinful Victory Theatre—new photos

June 29, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Victory Theatre, which closed in 1975, an undated photo from the Toronto Archives. Few theatres in Toronto elicit as many stories and memories as

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History of University College, University of Toronto

June 27, 2015 johndougtaylor

King’s College in 1886, the year the building was demolished. Ontario Archives, 1002186(1). The beginning of higher education in Upper Canada (Ontario) commenced in 1827

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Toronto’s old Clyde (Avalon) Theatre

June 25, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Clyde (Avalon) theatre was built in the years after the Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct) was constructed across the Don Valley in 1919. During

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Toronto’s old Variety (Arcadian) Theatre

June 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

The former branch of the Bank of Montreal on the northeast corner of Yonge and Queen Streets, the Variety Theatre on its east side (right-hand

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Old Movie Theatres—tayloronhistory.com

June 23, 2015 johndougtaylor

/  Links to posts that have appeared on tayloronhistory.com about Toronto’s old movie theatres since the blog commenced in 2011. Academy Theatre on Bloor West

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Historic Montgomery’s Inn—Toronto

June 19, 2015 johndougtaylor

West facade of Montgomery’s Inn and the south extension, photo June 2015.  Montgomery’s Inn at 4709 Dundas Street West, is on the southeast corner of

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History—Toronto’s Cecil Street Community Centre

June 15, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Community Centre at 58 Cecil Street is situated on a residential street south of College Street, to the east of the ever-busy Spadina Avenue.

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A cartoon about “Gone With the Wind.”

June 12, 2015 johndougtaylor

This cartoon was in the Toronto Star on February 28, 2015. The cartoon brought back memories of the first time I saw the film “Gone

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Toronto’s Ryerson Press Building—Bell Media

June 9, 2015February 4, 2021 johndougtaylor

The former Ryerson Press Building at 299 Queen Street, City of Toronto Archives, Fl 1231, It.0761 The five-storey, white “industrial Gothic” building on the southeast

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The former Bank of Toronto at 205 Yonge Street

June 5, 2015 johndougtaylor

This photo is from the City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 124, F0124, Fl0003, id0152. It shows the two impressive neo-classical-style structures that were formerly banks,

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