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Panasonic Theatre—Part II—archival photos

July 27, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Panasonic Theatre is located on the east side of Yonge Street, a short distance south of Bloor Street. It has changed named several times

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Toronto’s old Community Theatre on Woodbine Avenue

July 22, 2015 johndougtaylor

  The Community Theatre at 1202 Woodbine Avenue c. 1937. The Community Theatre was the second building east of the southwest corner of Woodbine and

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Toronto streetcars—from Omnibus to Red Rocket

July 17, 2015 johndougtaylor

One of Toronto’s newest “red rockets,” northbound on Spadina Avenue on July 10, 2015.  When the city of Toronto was the small colonial town of

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Paintings of Toronto “”in the good old summer time”

July 10, 2015 johndougtaylor

Toronto in the “good old summer time” usually included a trip to the Toronto Islands. On a hot summer day when I was a child,

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Toronto’s old Academy Theatre on Bloor Street West

July 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Academy Theatre at 1286 Bloor Street West was one of Toronto’s earliest movie theatre. Plans for it were submitted to the city in November

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