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Toronto’s Old Mill in the Humber Valley

August 2, 2015 johndougtaylor

   The Old Mill Restaurant, spa and boutique hotel is one of Toronto’s best-known dining and  entertainment venues. Situated at 21 Old Mill Road, north

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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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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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