toronto's old theatres Archives - Page 14 of 14

Toronto’s old movie theatres – the Orpheum on Queen St. W.

February 7, 2013 johndougtaylor

The undated photo of the Orpheum is from the collection of the Toronto Reference Library The building that once housed the old Orpheum Theatre, at

December 10, 2012 johndougtaylor

The restored building at 1092 Queen Street West once housed the Avon Theatre. When I moved from the suburbs to downtown in the year 2000,

September 29, 2012 johndougtaylor

The Garden Theatre at 290 College Street as it appeared in the early decades of the 20th century, when it possessed a roof garden. The

September 8, 2012 johndougtaylor

In the centre of today’s Chinatown on Spadina Avenue, is is hard to believe that there was once a risqué burlesque theatre that scandalized the

May 31, 2012 johndougtaylor

The magnificent theatre complex on Yonge Street, a few doors north of Queen Street was erected in 1913. Though it was a project of considerable

March 6, 2012 johndougtaylor

In the 1950s, as a teenager, I remember sitting in the plush seats of the enormous balcony of Shea’s Hippodrome Theatre on Bay Street, a

February 24, 2012 johndougtaylor

The University when it opened in March 1949, Photo from Ontario Archives, AO 2108 Map from Google, 2014 Shortly after World