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- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to entrance of Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to entrance of Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-6
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Responsibility
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- drawn by S.H.H.
- Date
- 1949-1950
- Physical Description
- 2 drawings : blueprints ; 59 x 130 cm
- Notes
- Project reference no. 49-K-79.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to inner lobby, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ont., for Marcus Loew's Inc. sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to inner lobby, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ont., for Marcus Loew's Inc. sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-7
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Responsibility
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 3 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 62 x 129 cm
- Scope and Content
- Drawings of details of the doorways to the theatre.
- Notes
- Project reference no. 52-K-36.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Physical Condition
- Some damage to edges of the drawings.
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Alterations to lobby and new opening to main theatre mezzanine sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Alterations to lobby and new opening to main theatre mezzanine sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-3
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 7 drawings : blueprints ; 71 x 84 cm and 38 x 81 cm
- 11 p
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of blueprints and building permits for alterations made for a new store in the lobby area at street level on Yonge Street. The building permit contains a detailed description of the work to be done. Includes a seating plan for the theatre.
- Notes
- Title is derived from the project description in the building permit.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Physical Condition
- 1 drawing, of theatre seating plan, is torn and in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Alterations to Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-9
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Responsibility
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- Date
- 1959-1961
- Physical Description
- 14 drawings : blueprints and blueline prints ; 79 x 121 and 73 x 103 cm
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series includes orchestra, mezzanine and balcony floor plans, longitudinal sections, reflected ceiling plan and details.
- Notes
- Project reference no. 59-K-25.
- Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Columns, trusses and other support features sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Columns, trusses and other support features sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-1
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 20 drawings : blueprints ; 72 x 114 cm or smaller
- Notes
- Title is derived from the titles and contents of the drawings.
- Drawings created by Canada Foundry Bridge Department (contract no. 6044).
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Physical Condition
- Blueprints are torn and in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1959
- Physical Description
- 57 drawings : pencil on tracing paper, blueprints and other reproductions ; 72 x 114 cm or smaller
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Built in 1913, Loew's Yonge Street Theatre and Winter Garden Theatre complex was the flagship of Marcus Loew's Canadian theatre chain. The theatres were designed by Thomas Lamb as a "double-decker" theatre, with the Winter Garden located seven-stories above the street-level Yonge Street Theatre. This was the only double-decker theatre built in Canada and one of less than a dozen built internationally. The design was considered economical in that it provided a greater amount of seating on a given piece of real estate while allowing the theatre operator to present the same daily show in two theatres. The shows included both vaudeville acts and silent movies.
- In 1928, there was a major fire on the site and the Winter Garden Theatre was closed due to the decline in popularity of vaudeville. By 1930, the Yonge Street Theatre was solely a movie theatre, equipped for sound movies. Over the years it gradually fell into disrepair, but continued as a movie theatre until 1981. It was renamed the Elgin Theatre in 1978.
- In 1981, the Elgin and Winter Garden were purchased by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and in 1987 the foundation began a two and half year, $30 million restoration of the theatres. The theatres re-opened in Dec. 1989 exclusively for theatrical productions.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, and floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, basement, etc.) of the theatre. The sub-series includes a copy of a city building permit dating from 1934 for renovations carried out by Loew's Theatres Engineering Division. Some of the blueprints date from the original construction of the theatre in 1913.
- The sub-series is organized into 9 sub-sub-series, corresponding to project dates of 1913, 1919, 1934, 1939, 1949 (two projects), 1952, 1957 and 1959. The earliest materials, such as those from 1913 and 1919, were not created by Kaplan & Sprachman, but were no doubt used as reference materials for their work at the theatre.
- Please note that the blueprints of structural details such as columns and roof reinforcing beams may apply to the theatre complex as a whole, including the Winter Garden Theatre.
- Notes
- Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thomas
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings are torn & damaged.
- Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Loew's Theatre, Toronto : [floor plan of street-level entrance and lobby] sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Loew's Theatre, Toronto : [floor plan of street-level entrance and lobby] sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-4
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Responsibility
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; 46 x 106 cm
- Notes
- Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.
- Project reference no. AU 1754.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Proposed alterations to store basement, 191 Yonge Street, Toronto, adjoining Loew's Theatre sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Proposed alterations to store basement, 191 Yonge Street, Toronto, adjoining Loew's Theatre sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-5
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Responsibility
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 3 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 52 x 91 cm and 41 x 81 cm
- Notes
- Project reference no. 49-K-41.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Reinforcing diagrams sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series
- Reinforcing diagrams sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-2
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1919-1920
- Physical Description
- 4 drawings : blueprints and brownline prints ; 46 x 62 and 46 x 60 cm
- Notes
- Original drawings were created by P.H. Secord & Sons, contractors, and E.H. Darling, consulting engineer.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Second exit from second floor of Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Second exit from second floor of Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1-8
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 3 drawings : pencil (1 on tracing paper) ; 59 x 89 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- 1 floor plan of 1st and 2nd floors of theatre and 2 rough sketches with annotations.
- Notes
- Project reference no 57-K-10.
- Title is taken from the formal title of one of the drawings.
- Name Access
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Alterations to inner lobby, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ont., for Marcus Loew's Inc. sub-sub-series 1
- Alterations to lobby and new opening to main theatre mezzanine sub-sub-series 1
- Alterations to Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto sub-sub-series 1
- Architectural projects series 10
- Columns, trusses and other support features sub-sub-series 1
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds 10
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) architectural plans and drawings sub-series 3
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series 7
- Loew's Theatre, Toronto : [floor plan of street-level entrance and lobby] sub-sub-series 1
- Proposed alterations to store basement, 191 Yonge Street, Toronto, adjoining Loew's Theatre sub-sub-series 1
- Reinforcing diagrams sub-sub-series 1
- Second exit from second floor of Loew's Theatre, 189 Yonge Street sub-sub-series 1
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