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\"\"<\/a>Toronto\u2019s Local Movie <\/strong>
\nTheatres of Yesteryear<\/strong>
\nBy Doug Taylor<\/strong>
\nDundurn Toronto
\nSoftcover, 208 pages
\nwww.dundurn.com<\/p>\n

This book chronicles the history of movie theatres around Toronto, and there were surprisingly many. Author Doug Taylor is a historian who was a member of the faculty of Lakeshore Teachers\u2019 College (York University) and through this book, he explores the city\u2019s past and its architectural heritage. He breaks the theatres in geographical areas across Toronto, like theatres located on Yonge Street and other theatres located along Bloor Street West. Black and white historical photos accompany many of the sections on each theatre.<\/p>\n

In one section, he talks about The Tech Theatre, which boasts one of the shortest life spans of Toronto\u2019s movie houses. This theatre opened in 1931 and he concludes the Great Depression led to its early demise. The two brothers, Jerry and Michael Shea from St. Catharines who opened the theatre, eventually moved to Buffalo, New York. However, it was the Shea brothers that built Shea\u2019s Victoria at Richmond and Victoria Streets in 1910 and then Shea\u2019s Hippodrome on Bay Street in 1914, so people were surprised by the sudden closing of The Tech. There are lots of tidbits on the many other theatres that dotted the city of yesteryear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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