Looking northwest along Bay St from north of Queen St W in downtown Toronto.
The archive photo captures Shea’s Hippodrome Theatre, where the movie “The Country Girl,” starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden, was playing following its release in 1954. The present-day photo shows Nathan Phillips Square, at the site of the former theatre, with Toronto City Hall in the background. The theatre opened in 1914 and closed in 1956.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: Dec 28, 1956, pg 5
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: Toronto Public Library
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
