Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Tawse, restoration, ERA Architects)

[PMT]

From toronto.com:

Toronto's historic Paradise Cinema set to reopen in late 2018

 

[AlbertC]

Returning Paradise Theatre looks to events, drinks to support film offerings

By PETER HOWELL
Movie Critic
Thu., Aug. 2, 2018

https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...-events-drinks-to-support-film-offerings.html

 

[smably]

A little slice of art deco paradise restored on Bloor

^ Some interior renderings I hadn't seen before.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[LUVIT!]

Love

 

[bilked]

Marquee is up!

 

[ADRM]

Featured in DesignLines: https://designlinesmagazine.com/par...-61030441&mc_cid=f41f07a28a&mc_eid=db96cb4a61

 

[AlbertC]

 

[jje1000]

Good to see the sign and marquee restored, a cherry on top for a great restoration project so far- often times restorations forgo restoring these sorts of things (i.e. The Revue) which is a shame, because signage is usually an integral part of theatre design.

Toronto’s old Paradise movie theatre (Eve’s Paradise) - Historic Toronto

This photo from the City of Toronto Archives (1150N-147) was likely taken about 1937, the year the Paradise Theatre opened, as the film starring

tayloronhistory.com

 

[smably]

Looking forward to seeing the interior. The exterior looks... well, OK so far. I love the sign, love the windows facing Bloor, not crazy about the new cladding on the lower half. Hopefully they're still working on it? The horizontal black stripes in the archival photo @jje1000 posted above are pretty essential to the deco look. Crossing my fingers that they will appear yet.

 

[LUVIT!]

This is better than OK. This is great.

 

[AlbertC]

Wonder if they'll still be able to open before the end of 2019.

 

[AlbertC]

Based on some articles from last year, it looks like the original opening was supposed to be in late 2018. It was later moved to 2019 instead ambiguously. I attended an info session last fall and the owner, Moray Tawse (of First National and Tawse Winery) had introduced his team of management, head of restaurant and bar, and various creative directors already. That was well over a year ago, so I can't imagine keeping a roster of core management on payroll without delivering product to customers to be cheap.

 

[mikejb]

Their Instagram says they are now hiring, with some job postings closing next week - https://www.instagram.com/paradiseonbloor/

Maybe this is coming to life soon.

 

[AlbertC]

Paradise posted a photo last week on Twitter, showing a glimpse of the interior theatre space still in progress:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1185922260776947712