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Toronto’s sinful Victory Theatre—new photos

June 29, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Victory Theatre, which closed in 1975, an undated photo from the Toronto Archives. Few theatres in Toronto elicit as many stories and memories as

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Toronto’s old Clyde (Avalon) Theatre

June 25, 2015 johndougtaylor

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

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Toronto’s old Variety (Arcadian) Theatre

June 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

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

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Old Movie Theatres—tayloronhistory.com

June 23, 2015 johndougtaylor

/  Links to posts that have appeared on tayloronhistory.com about Toronto’s old movie theatres since the blog commenced in 2011. Academy Theatre on Bloor West

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Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto

April 21, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Village Theatre at 418 Spadina Road in Forest Hill Village (Spadina Village) was a gem in the heart of a small business community that

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Toronto’s old Princess Theatre

March 22, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Princess Theatre on November 18, 1930. City of Toronto Archives, Salmon Collection, Series 1278 File 136. In 1880, a grand theatre opened in Toronto

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Toronto’s old Grant Theatre-Post II

March 16, 2015 johndougtaylor

                Grant Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, SC 488-1146 Of all the theatres explored in my posts, my fondest memories are of

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Toronto’s old Odeon Danforth Theatre—Post 11

March 11, 2015 johndougtaylor

Odeon Danforth Theatre, the film “Jassy” on the marquee. Released in 1947, it was a drama about an English squire and his daughter’s friendship with

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Toronto’s Paradise Theatre—Part II

March 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

                      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

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Toronto’s Revue Theatre-Part II

March 4, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Revue Theatre in 1938, Ontario Archives. The Revue Theatre at 400 Roncesvalles Avenue is one of the oldest surviving movie houses in Toronto, its

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