Lost Toronto

Doug Taylor is a local historian whose most recent publications are Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen, Toronto’s Local Movie Theatres of Yesteryear, and Toronto Then and Now.

About the AuthorDoug Taylor is a local historian whose most recent publications are Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen, Toronto’s Local Movie Theatres of Yesteryear, and Toronto Then and Now.

Organized chronologically, starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, the book features much-loved Toronto institutions that have been consigned to history. As well as celebrating forgotten architectural treasures, Lost Toronto looks at buildings that have changed use, vanished under a wave of new construction, or been drastically transformed. Losses include: King’s College, Holland House, Hotel Hanlan, St. Andrew’s Market, Yonge Street Arcade, Sunnyside Beach Amusement Park, Shea’s Hippodrome, S. Beautiful archival photographs and informative text allows the reader to take a nostalgic journey back in time to visit some of the lost treasures that the city let slip through its grasp. Cayuga, High Park Mineral Baths, Tivoli Theatre, Riverdale Zoo, Odeon Carlton, Cyclorama on Front Street, Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade, Colonial Tavern, Sam the Record Man, and The World’s Biggest Book Store.. Patrick’s Market, The Grand Opera House, Metropolitan Methodist Church, Old Union Station, St. S