Opening night of the Eglinton Theatre in 1937. It was designed by architects Kaplan & Sprachman and located on Eglinton Ave. and Avenue Rd. —it is one of Toronto's greatest examples of 1930’s Art-Deco style.
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Opening night of the Eglinton Theatre in 1937. It was designed by architects Kaplan & Sprachman and located on Eglinton Ave. and Avenue Rd. —it is one of Toronto's greatest examples of 1930’s Art-Deco style.
The Silver Rail opened in 1947 and apparently was the first bar in Toronto to get a liquor license from the L.C.B.O.
It closed in 1997 and some of the furnishings were auctioned off.
At the corner of Yonge and Dundas, in days gone by, during the 1970s
Does anyone remember the Great Canadian Beef Company?, steak house/tavern east of Front St and Jarvis St.
Does anyone remember Steak and Burger next to the old Uptown Theater? I swear Five Guys stole their recipe for burgers.
Not fond of TD Center, it's ugly but very powerful. J.P Morgan-Chase have their Canadian home office there.
Not fond of TD Center, it's ugly but very powerful. J.P Morgan-Chase have their Canadian home office there.
Canadians held Italian immigrants in disdain, they called us wops and greaseballs...that changed on March 17 1960.Then education minister John Robarts attended the funeral of the 5 fallen tunnel workers at Hogg's Hollow, John Diefenbaker did not.
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I grew up just west of Coxwell/Dundas. By my teens I was spending my time in Cabbagetown. One of my best friends lived just off the lane between the beer store and the cabbage town boxing club.
Surprised Diefenbaker did not attend.
Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962 | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
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That building has been completely torn down, condos are under construction there now.
Toronto is losing it's character with all these faceless condos, Honest Ed's is now an ugly monolith. Here's a look at theaters then/now. I remember the summer weekend screening of 2001:A Space Odyssey at the University Theater, it freaked me out of my pants What I've always wanted to know, was Stanley Kubrick on LSD at the time.
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I think you mean 'Hunkies' - the word is derived from 'Bohunker', a combination of 'Bohemian' and 'Hungarian', and was a catch-all for Eastern European immigrants.
There was an entrepreneur in Alberta who received a lot of oink from the Left because his food product was named 'Hunky Bill's Perogies'.
An antique store with budget-priced stock, owned and operated by a Scottish couple named Janet and Walter, was similarly vilified because it was named 'The Scottish J & W's', using an ampersand which resembled a capital E.
So much fun here, as a kid and as a young adult, Atlantis nightclub was amazing during the 90s. That revolving dance floor, drinking, dancing, couldn't beat it.
Then the Cinesphere for movies, I can't count how many times I saw Top Gun there.
Then the Cinesphere for movies, I can't count how many times I saw Top Gun there.
You do realize that all those electric streetcars on Bloor were removed when the Bloor subway line opened right?
