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.
Category: toronto theatres
Toronto’s new Union Station
Union Station in the 1960s, Toronto Archives, F0124, F10002, Id.017 (1) There was a time when almost everyone who entered or departed Toronto travelled
Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto
Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto Doug Taylor 1 year ago Categories: historic Toronto, Old Toronto movie theatres, Spadina Avenue Toronto, Spadina Road, Toronto history, toronto
Toronto’s newspapers of the 1950s—Coronation—Queen Elizabeth—Part II – Historic Toronto
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers
Toronto’s Paradise Theatre—Part II – Historic Toronto
Paradise Theatre c. 1946. Ontario Archives During the summer of 2014, in my quest to locate and photograph Toronto’s old local theatres, none of
Toronto’s old Nortown Theatre-Part II – Historic Toronto
Nortown Theatre in 1971, the film on the marquee “Straw Dogs,” starring Dustin Hoffman. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278 It. 108 When I was
Toronto’s old University Theatre Part II – Historic Toronto
The University Theatre in 1969. Photo by J. Goode, Toronto Reference Library Located at 100 Bloor Street West, the University Theatre was a short
Toronto’s old (Odeon) Carlton—Part 11 – Historic Toronto
Cover of the pamphlet designed for the opening of the Toronto Odeon Theatre, later renamed the Odeon Carlton. Graphic courtesy of Walter Godfrey of Toronto.
Toronto’s old Madison Theatre Part II
The Midtown Theatre c. 1940, photo City of Toronto archives, Series 1278, File 103 When I was a teenager in the 1950s, for two summers
Toronto’s Music Hall (Allen’s Danforth)—Part 11
Toronto’s Music Hall (Allen’s Danforth)—Part 11 Doug Taylor 2 years ago Categories: architecture toronto, historic Toronto, historic toronto buildings, Old Toronto movie theatres, the Danforth