Benjamin Hemric
New Member
Don't know how many Urban Toronto readers/posters already know about the wonderful "Cinema Treasures" website, but a recent post on Urban Toronto (in the architecture section) about Art Deco buildings (including theaters) reminded me of it, and it occurred to me that many here who don't already know about it would probably love learning about it.
Since I grew up and live in NYC, I've been most interested in the NYC theaters. But they have listings for theaters all over the U.S.A. and, when I looked just now, I see that also have listings for Canadian theaters (theatres!).
There are various search engines on the website and one can search, if I remember correctly, by theater architect, theater name, etc. (I was most active as a poster there a few years ago, so I'm not sure about how it operates these days.)
The contributions that various posters submit are really fascinating and, at least for NYC theaters, there are a number of enthusiasts who've posted tons of historic photos, etc.
Here's an attempted link to the now demolished Eaton Centre cinemas:
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/850/
If the link doesn't work, just type in Cinema Treasures in the search box of any search engine.
I hope people visit and enjoy this wonderful website.
Benjamin Hemric
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 7:25 p.m.
Since I grew up and live in NYC, I've been most interested in the NYC theaters. But they have listings for theaters all over the U.S.A. and, when I looked just now, I see that also have listings for Canadian theaters (theatres!).
There are various search engines on the website and one can search, if I remember correctly, by theater architect, theater name, etc. (I was most active as a poster there a few years ago, so I'm not sure about how it operates these days.)
The contributions that various posters submit are really fascinating and, at least for NYC theaters, there are a number of enthusiasts who've posted tons of historic photos, etc.
Here's an attempted link to the now demolished Eaton Centre cinemas:
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/850/
If the link doesn't work, just type in Cinema Treasures in the search box of any search engine.
I hope people visit and enjoy this wonderful website.
Benjamin Hemric
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 7:25 p.m.