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The old Odeon Theatre in Parkdale—Part II

February 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Odeon Theatre in 1919, located on Queen St. West in Parkdale. City of Toronto Archives. The Odeon Theatre at 1558 Queen Street West, was

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Toronto’s old St. Clair Theatre—Part II

February 22, 2015 johndougtaylor

          The St. Clair Theatre c. 1950. City of Toronto Archives, Series 2182  The St. Clair Theatre, at 1154-1156 St. Clair Avenue West, was a

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Toronto’s old Eglinton Theatre—Part II

February 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

                    The Eglinton Theatre on opening night, April 2, 1936. City of Toronto Archives, Series 881 File 350 In my mind, the Eglinton Theatre is

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Toronto’s old Pickford Theatre—Part 11

February 2, 2015 johndougtaylor

                            The Pickford Theatre in 1916 The intersection of Spadina Avenue and Queen Street West is today one of the busiest intersections in downtown Toronto.

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Toronto’s old University Theatre Part II

January 25, 2015 johndougtaylor

                The University Theatre in 1969. Photo by J. Goode, Toronto Reference Library Located at 100 Bloor Street West, the University Theatre was a short

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Toronto’s old Allen’s Bloor Theatre (the Bloor, Lee’s Palace)

January 22, 2015 johndougtaylor

Site of the Allen Bloor Theatre, with its colourful graffiti art, at 529 Bloor Street West. Photo taken in 2014. On a hot summer afternoon

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Toronto’s old (Odeon) Carlton—Part 11

January 20, 2015 johndougtaylor

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.

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Toronto’s old Madison Theatre Part II

January 14, 2015 johndougtaylor

                  The Midtown Theatre c. 1940, photo City of Toronto archives, Series 1278, File 103 When I was a teenager in the 1950s, for two

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Toronto’s Music Hall (Allen’s Danforth)—Part 11

January 13, 2015 johndougtaylor

               Allen’s Danforth Theatre, now the Music Hall in 2014. When I was a teenager, I lived in the west end of the city

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Toronto’s old Royce Theatre

December 14, 2014 johndougtaylor

                 The Royce Theatre c. 1920, gazing west along Dupont Street. A gasoline pump is on the sidewalk to the west of the theatre. A

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