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677 Bloor Street West, Toronto

677 Bloor Street West, Toronto
The building opened in 1938 and was designed by the architects Kaplan and Sprachman. This shot was taken about six months before the theatre closed in 2013. It was then converted into a rock-climbing gym with retail in front. The marquee has been retained. Everything looks much spiffier today.

I recommend opening the full-screen view (click the pic, then click the frame at the upper right of the screen) and then clicking on the full-screen view to have a look at details.

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 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
Thanks, Joe. Toronto is the City of Rectangles. Its architects have been fascinated by them.
21 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
Thanks, Ulrich.
21 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
Yes, the shops in front now look uniformly slick, John. It has been described as a porn theatre, but with the ad for an Emmanuelle knockoff and the two genteel pictures on the marquee it seems like a throwback to the early 70s.
21 months ago. Edited 21 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
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Thanks, Annemarie.
21 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Thanks, Keith. As I was mentioning to Old Owl, this seems like a throwback to the erotic cinemas of the 1970s.
21 months ago.

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