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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 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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Shea’s Hippodrome opens in Toronto in 1914

December 24, 2014 johndougtaylor

                `                        Photo from City of Toronto Archives. When Shea’s Hippodrome opened in Toronto on April 27, 1914, it was the largest vaudeville theatre in

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Bay and Gable house at 64 Spadina Avenue—Toronto

November 14, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Bay and Gable House at 64 Spadina Avenue. Its facade is partly obscured by the glass extension built across the front of the structure.

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the Grange and AGO

June 26, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Grange and the modern south facade of the Art Gallery of Ontario behind it. (Photo, 2013). The land where the Grange is located was

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Toronto’s old Cineplex Eaton Centre Cinema

February 26, 2014 johndougtaylor

                        City of Toronto Archives, Series 881 Fl. 251 In the 1970s, the downtown section of Yonge Street had deteriorated, especially between College and Dundas

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Mackenzie House—Toronto

February 11, 2014 johndougtaylor

                              Mackenzie House at 82 Bond St., Toronto       William Lyon Mackenzie was born in Scotland in 1795. He arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) in

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Colborne Lodge in High Park

February 8, 2014 johndougtaylor

High Park in Toronto’s west end is the jewel in the crown of the city’s park system, containing stands of black oak trees that precede

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Toronto’s Church of the Redeemer, Avenue Rd. and Bloor

February 6, 2014 johndougtaylor

In the 1850s, Yorkville was a small village to the north of Toronto, surrounded by fields and farmland. Horse-drawn coaches provided a connection to the

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Memories of Toronto’s International Cinema (the Oriole, Cinema)

January 15, 2014 johndougtaylor

                    Photo from the Ontario Archives (AO 2122). The above photo depicts the Oriole Theatre in 1945, when it was the Cinema. Its name was

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