The University Theatre in 1969. Photo by J. Goode, Toronto Reference Library Located at 100 Bloor Street West, the University Theatre was a short
Category: toronto’s old theatres
Toronto’s old Allen’s Bloor Theatre (the Bloor, Lee’s Palace)
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
Toronto’s old (Odeon) Carlton—Part 11
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
Toronto’s Music Hall (Allen’s Danforth)—Part 11
Allen’s Danforth Theatre, now the Music Hall in 2014. When I was a teenager, I lived in the west end of the city
` Photo from City of Toronto Archives. When Shea’s Hippodrome opened in Toronto on April 27, 1914, it was the largest vaudeville theatre in
The Doric theatre, January 18, 1941, photo from the Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail Collection, 71416 The Doric theatre at 1094 Bloor Street West was
The Royce Theatre c. 1920, gazing west along Dupont Street. A gasoline pump is on the sidewalk to the west of the theatre. A
Toronto’s old Capitol Theatre
The Capitol in 1933, City of Toronto Archives, Series 1231, It. 485 (1) The Capitol Theatre opened in 1918. Located at 2492 Yonge Street,
The Cameo Theatre in 1934. Photo, Toronto Archives, Series 1104 File 101. This is the only photo of the Cameo that I have been able