The Island Theatre at Centre Island, Toronto Islands, Photo by John Milne, from the City of Toronto Archives Even in the 1790s, the islands in
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Toronto’s Manufacturers Building at 312 Adelaide Street West
The Manufacturers Building at 312 Adelaide Street West, is on the northwest corner of Widmer and Adelaide Streets. It was constructed for David Garfinkel in
The Lansdowne Theatre, c. 1955 The Lansdowne Theatre was a neighbourhood movie house located at 683 Lansdowne Avenue, on the east side of
The facade of the John Kay Building (Wood Gundy), at 11 Adelaide Street West, Photo taken in 2013. Unfortunately, only the ornate facade of
Toronto’s Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen
Book published in 2014 about Toronto’s old movie theatres. The book explores 50 of Toronto’s old theatres and contains over 80 archival photographs of the
Toronto’s architectural gems—the Grange and AGO
The Grange and the modern south facade of the Art Gallery of Ontario behind it. (Photo, 2013). The land where the Grange is located was
The above photo is the only picture of the La Salle Theatre that I was able to locate in the archives. It was fortunate that
The Eclipse Building at 322 King St. West Toronto
The Eclipse Building at 322-324 King Street West, on the northeast corner of John and King West. The building that was constructed for the Eclipse
The Adelphi (Cum Bac) Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, 1105-N-105 I was unable to discover the year that the Adelphi Theatre opened, but
The Beaver Theatre in 1947, City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278, File 63 The district that became known as the Junction was originally a rural