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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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The City )?) certainly fixed that one up nice!
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Goldie
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I'm a sucker for the history of old cinemas. This is New York news ------ if you don't mind.
We may be into another round of cinema closings because of the influence of the Internet.
The last session of mass-closings was in the 1950s because of the introduction of TV.
Sunshine Cinema, New York City - built c.1844 as a church.
Served as an Athletic club, Yiddish vaudeville theatre and warehouse (for 50 years). Revived in 2001 as an independent cinema and now sold to a developer for an office building.
We may be into another round of cinema closings because of the influence of the Internet.
The last session of mass-closings was in the 1950s because of the introduction of TV.
Sunshine Cinema, New York City - built c.1844 as a church.
Served as an Athletic club, Yiddish vaudeville theatre and warehouse (for 50 years). Revived in 2001 as an independent cinema and now sold to a developer for an office building.
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r937
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here's a fabulous and lovingly researched "then and now" about the intersection of Yonge and York Mills
ladies and gentlemen, the inimitable Mike Filey --
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/the-way-we-were-the-oldest-parish-church-in-toronto
ladies and gentlemen, the inimitable Mike Filey --
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/the-way-we-were-the-oldest-parish-church-in-toronto
junctionist
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I got it designated as a heritage building when the city was about to sell it off as surplus land. Build Toronto found a buyer who restored it and repurposed it as a craft brewery and events venue. It's an important link to the area's industrial past and the city's Art Deco heritage.
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thecharioteer
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It seems from Dave LeBlanc’s article that the City sold the site in 2009, and the reno was done by its current owner: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rea...r-in-junction-gets-a-newlife/article36795142/
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633 Kingston Road. SE corner at Southwood.
Then. May 2, 2014. 5:42pm. Already closed for good. This was a goodbye pic.
It's even harder now to find a place that makes their donuts on-site at 5am and serves coffee with that perfume of real coffee. McDs and Timmys ain't it. Krispy Kreme ain't it.
I have family in the Columbus OH area and Timmys is as ubiquitous there as here. A few Dunkin Donuts as well but same experience as Timmys. They do have 'Jolly Pirate Donuts' down there - with two, only two, down from a recent three locations. Jolly Pirate is a coffee place as your Maker intended coffee places to be.
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Today.
Then. May 2, 2014. 5:42pm. Already closed for good. This was a goodbye pic.
It's even harder now to find a place that makes their donuts on-site at 5am and serves coffee with that perfume of real coffee. McDs and Timmys ain't it. Krispy Kreme ain't it.
I have family in the Columbus OH area and Timmys is as ubiquitous there as here. A few Dunkin Donuts as well but same experience as Timmys. They do have 'Jolly Pirate Donuts' down there - with two, only two, down from a recent three locations. Jolly Pirate is a coffee place as your Maker intended coffee places to be.
Now.
Today.
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Richard White
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That coffee shop used to be a favourite with TTC Drivers doing the night bus. They could get off there, hope in and get a coffee at 3 am without anyone even knowing. Eventually they had to stop doing that because people were complaining but they made a killing.
