Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Sprachman, Mandel

Biography
Date of Birth Jan15 1925
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death Feb11 2002
Education University of Toronto
Notes Son of architect Abraham Sprachman of the Toronto firm Kaplan & Sprachman. He established his own firm about 1958.

Address: 0 Forest Hill Neighbourhood
Type of Building: Architect-designed houses


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario Homes and Living 1966 April 14-15

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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: 220 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Theatres
Name of Building: Cineplex

Dates
Design conceived c1978

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1979 July 25-27 24 7
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar. R5 Mon 4th
Toronto Star 2001 March A1+ 13th