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Wiki claims the Lord Simcoe was on the NE corner. Who is right?May 18 addition. How's everyone? I hope well.
King and York, NW corner.[/IMG]
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Oh, does that bring back memories of the local neighbourhood. I lived on St Germain till 1957, Glenview 1957-1965.
You didn't get the angle quite right in your new picture. I can't see the Beer Store.
/cheers from the UK
I saw that too. Thought it might be a mislabeling - a not uncommon archive picture situation. A Google shows many results ... that the Standard was at Dundas and Spadina, hence my conclusion.
Could there have been an earlier 'Standard' at 482 Queen W? I'll check the location tonite.
A Google on 'silent film getting even with the lawyer' turns up nothing. If this film was prior to 1921 (date of the Standard's opening), this may have served to indicate an earlier Standard.
Thanks ED007Toronto, I've taken down my post and substituted something else.
So as followup to this thread of a few weeks ago, I finally managed to get to 482 Queen West.
There most likely was a Standard Theatre here. No physical evidence now. The photo is part of the William James family fonds taken between 1906 and 1910, so additional evidence in favour of Queen street. The Spadina 'Standard' was built in 1922.
I offer the 'then' and 'now' pictures and perhaps someone can come along with even more evidence...
I think that the 'Before' picture looks north east up Bay Street - the low building just before the 'JARVIS BUILDING' is probably the Cawthra family residence, which was demolished in 1946 to make way for John Lyle's Bank of Nova Scotia building. Also, by the time the Imperial Bank was demolished to make way for Commerce Court West, the somewhat similar, slightly lower building abutting it ( part of the bank? ) at the south east corner of King and Bay had been demolished and replaced by a rather nondescript Moderne-type building of about the same size.
According to the 1912 Might's City Directory (kept in the archive in my basement), the Standard Theatre was located at 482 Queen St W.
484 Queen was between it and Denison Ave - containing George J St. Ledger shoes, St Ledger Hall.