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
Category: Toronto history
History of University College, University of Toronto
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
Toronto’s old Clyde (Avalon) Theatre
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
Toronto’s old Variety (Arcadian) Theatre
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
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
History—Toronto’s Cecil Street Community Centre
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.
Toronto’s Ryerson Press Building—Bell Media
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
The former Bank of Toronto at 205 Yonge Street
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,
Toronto’s 441-443 Queen West at Spadina
The view in the above photo gazes east along Queen Street on September 29, 1910, from a short distance west of Spadina Avenue. On the
History of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Gazing north on Queen’s Park Crescent in 1930. To the north of the museum is the Park Plaza Hotel. Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 3058.