Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Lamb, Thomas


Biography
Date of Birth 1887
Notes New York architect, famous for his theatre architecture.


Address: 27 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: Regent Theatre
Notes: Formerly the Grand Opera House. Remodelled in 1916 by Thomas Lamb in 1916 to become Toronto's largest facility devoted entirely to motion pictures.

Dates
Demolished 1938

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Marquee 1989 n/a 3-34 21 1
Palaces of the Night 1999 n/a 30,52
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 108

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Address: 244 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: Pantages Theatre
Notes: Initially the Pantages Theatre (1920). Then re-named the Imperial Theatre on March 15, 1930. Re-named as the Imperial Six Theatre when it was converted into six smaller auditoriums in 1972 by Mandel Sprachman. It was purchased in 1986 by Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1986 and restored and renovated by architect David Mesbur. It re-opened in 1989, again as the Pantages Theatre. The street address in some sources is occaisionally listed as no. 263 Yonge Street. SEE ALSO: Pantages Place (the proposed new hotel / condominium complex)- at Yonge and Shuter Streets. Renamed the CANON THEATRE in 2001.

Dates
Building completed 1920
Officially opened Sept. 1989
Restored 1987-1989

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1994 Winter 5
Canadian Architect 1989 Oct. 57-61 34 10
Heritage 2001 Sum. 19 4 3
Marquee 1994 n/a 3-28 26 1
Monuments for the performing arts... 1994 n/a 59-77
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1990 Feb. 4-9
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1988 april 8-9
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 4-5
Palaces of the Night 1999 n/a 135++
Pantages Theatre : rebirth of a landmark 1989 n/a
Toronto Star 2001 June ? Fri. 29th

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Address: 141 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: His Magesty's Theatre

Dates
Officially opened 1916

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Marquee 1989 n/a 3-34 21 1

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Address: 189 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: Elgin & Wintergarden Theatres
Notes: Originally callled Lowe's Yonge Street Theatre. The Wintergarden Theatre is upstairs. The lower theatre first opened in Dec. 1913, and the upper theatre opened in Feb. 1914.

Dates
Foundation started 1912
Officially opened 1913,1914
Altered 1984

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1985 Summer 5 10 2
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1994 Winter 4-5
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1989 June 45-52 14 2
Explore Historic Toronto 1995 Spr/Sum 2
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar. R5 Mon. 4th
Heritage 2001 Sum. 21 4 3
Marquee 1989 n/a 3-34 21 1
Marquee 1992 n/a 4- 24 3
Marquee 1994 n/a 3-28 26 1
Monuments for the performing arts... 1994 n/a 31-58
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Jan. 4-5
Palaces of the Night 1999 n/a 71++
Progressive Architecture 1990 June 98-99
Review of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 1980 n/a ? 3
Rotunda 1995 Spring 11-16
Toronto 1989 Dec. 32+ 4 9

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Address: 764 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: Uptown Theatre
Notes: Initially known as Loew's Uptown Theatre

Dates
Officially opened Sept 1920

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2001 Dec. A26 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 Dec A26 13th
Henry Bowyer Lane 2001 March ? Tues 6th
Marquee 1994 n/a 3-28 26 1
Marquee 1989 n/a 3-34 21 1
Palaces of the Night 1999 n/a 143
The "Nabes" 2001 n/a 57
Toronto Star 2001 Dec. A1+ 12th