Downtown Toronto TheatresMany of the oldest theatres in Toronto are in the downtown core - near Yonge Street.Alphabetical links: A C D E G L M O P R S T |
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| 1937 |  | Astor Theatre - now the Panasonic theatre - built 1935 also known as New Yorker and Showcase 76 years ago - Church-Wellesley Village - 1937 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1918 |  | Colonial Theatre and Bowles lunch on south east corner of Queen and Bay Streets 95 years ago - City Hall - 1918 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1923 |  | Colonial Theatre on Queen Street - constructed from fragments of old Customs House - aka The Bay 90 years ago - City Hall - Thursday, February 22, 1923 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1910 |  | Comique movie theatre marquee - 5 cents - operated 1908 to 1914 103 years ago - Downtown - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1920 |  | Cosmopolitan Theatre at Yonge Street and Gould Avenue, Toronto 93 years ago - Ryerson - 1920 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
| 1915 |  | Crystal Palace Theatre at night on Yonge Street opposite Temperance Street 98 years ago - Downtown - 1915 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1949 |  | Downtown Theatre - 285 Yonge Street. Built 1948, closed 1972 64 years ago - - 1949 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1949 |  | Eclipse Theatre at 393 Parliament Street - Opened 1947, closed 1951 64 years ago - Regent Park - Wednesday, July 27, 1949 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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| 1874 |  | Grand Opera House - from Canadian Illustrated News: Images in the news 139 years ago - Downtown - Wednesday, August 29, 1874 Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1927 |  | Grand Opera House on Adelaide St, east, from Bay, noon, slow moving truck forced to use second traffic lane by parked cars, faster traffic in turn forced over to wrong side of street to pass 86 years ago - Downtown - Monday, February 7, 1927 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1890 |  | Grand Opera House, 15 Adelaide St. W. - Opened 1874, demolished 1927 123 years ago - Downtown - 1890 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1920 |  | Grand Opera House, Adelaide St west, with sign 93 years ago - Downtown - 1920 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1929 |  | Loews Theatre on right - 189 Yonge St looking north from Queen, traffic at 1 p.m 84 years ago - Garden District - Saturday, August 31, 1929 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1960 |  | Lux Italia Theatre on north side of College Street, looking north from Bellevue Avenue 53 years ago - Harbord Village - 1960 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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| 1910 |  | Mary Pickford theatre - looking east on Queen Street (Originally the Auditorium Theatre) 103 years ago - Alexandra Park - Thursday, September 29, 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1924 |  | Mary Pickford theatre on left - Spadina Avenue at Queen Street West, looking north 89 years ago - Alexandra Park - 1924 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1933 |  | Mary Pickford theatre on right - looking west on Queen St. at Spadina 80 years ago - Alexandra Park - Thursday, October 12, 1933 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1910 |  | Mary Pickford Theatre on the left - originally The Auditorium Theatre - opened 1906 103 years ago - Alexandra Park - Thursday, September 29, 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1894 |  | Massey Hall interior (Shuter St., s.w. corner Victoria St) 119 years ago - Garden District - 1894 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1947 |  | Midtown Theatre also known as the Capri - opened 1913 as the Madison 66 years ago - The Annex - 1947 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
| 1919 |  | Midtown Theatre - Madison Theatre at the time of the photo - College Inn Lunch next door 94 years ago - The Annex - 1919 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1945 |  | Midtown Theatre 506 Bloor Street West - now the Bloor Cinema 68 years ago - The Annex - 1945 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1972 |  | Odeon Carlton Theatre - 20 Carlton Street - 1948-1973 - one of the last in Toronto with an organ 41 years ago - Church-Wellesley Village - 1972 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1948 |  | Odeon Carlton Theatre - auditorium and stage - Yonge and Carlton (?) 65 years ago - Church-Wellesley Village - 1948 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1962 |  | Parliament Theatre (on left) next to 305-307 Parliament Street 51 years ago - Regent Park - Sunday, October 28, 1962 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1979 |  | Parliament Theatre at 309 Parliament St 34 years ago - Regent Park - Saturday, September 1, 1979 Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream) |
| 1986 |  | Parliament Theatre with sign removed at 309 Parliament St - Originally The Bluebell then The Gay 27 years ago - Regent Park - Monday, March 17, 1986 Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream) |
| 1950 |  | Portuguese Melody Theatre playbill - 344 College Street 63 years ago - Harbord Village - Tuesday, April 18, 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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| 1910 |  | Red Mill theater with crowd out front 103 years ago - Garden District - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1913 |  | Red Mill Theatre opened 1906 by John Griffin under the name of The Theatorium 100 years ago - Garden District - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1913 |  | Red Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street at 183 Yonge Street 100 years ago - Garden District - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1913 |  | Red Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street on Yonge Street 100 years ago - Garden District - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1921 |  | Regent on Adelaide - The Best First Regent playbill 92 years ago - Downtown - Monday, March 14, 1921 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1925 |  | Regent on Adelaide St. west of Yonge - Ad for Forbidden Fruit by Cecil B. De Mille 88 years ago - Downtown - Saturday, February 21, 1925 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1916 |  | Rialto Theatre (side) Yonge and Shuter with Power and Weber Eye of God ad 97 years ago - Garden District - Thursday, October 5, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1916 |  | Rialto Theatre - Yonge and Shuter Streets - south east corner 97 years ago - Garden District - Thursday, October 5, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1916 |  | Rialto Theatre, southeast corner of Yonge and Shuter streets 97 years ago - Garden District - Thursday, October 5, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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| 1953 |  | Sheas Hippodrome (the Hipp) one of the big four vaudeville theatres in North America 60 years ago - City Hall - Friday, April 3, 1953 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1953 |  | Sheas Hippodrome - built 1914, demolished in the 1950s 60 years ago - City Hall - 1953 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1956 |  | Sheas Victoria Theatre view from rear, during demolition 57 years ago - Old Town - Sunday, May 6, 1956 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1955 |  | Sheas VictoriaTheatre, Victoria Street, s.e. cor. Richmond St. E. : Toronto Public Library 58 years ago - Old Town - 1955 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1910 |  | Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West 103 years ago - Alexandra Park - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1920 |  | Strand Theatre at night - Yonge Street north of King Street - opened 1915, closed 1920 93 years ago - Downtown - 1920 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1945 |  | Tivoli Theatre - 17 Richmond St. East - opened Nov 10, 1917 as the Allen Theatre 68 years ago - Downtown - 1945 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1919 |  | Tivoli Theatre block on the southwest corner of Richmond and Victoria streets 94 years ago - Downtown - 1919 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |