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
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
Bay and Gable house at 64 Spadina Avenue—Toronto
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.
Toronto’s architectural gems—the Grange and AGO
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
City of Toronto Archives, Series 881 Fl. 251 In the 1970s, the downtown section of Yonge Street had deteriorated, especially between College and Dundas
Mackenzie House—Toronto
Mackenzie House at 82 Bond St., Toronto William Lyon Mackenzie was born in Scotland in 1795. He arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) in
Colborne Lodge in High Park
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
Toronto’s Church of the Redeemer, Avenue Rd. and Bloor
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
Photo from the Ontario Archives (AO 2122). The above photo depicts the Oriole Theatre in 1945, when it was the Cinema. Its name was