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| Toronto's historic Royal Alexandra Theatre, one of the oldest and most famous legitimate theatres in North America. By 1963, the theatre was threatened with demolition. Businessman Ed Mirvish bought the building and saved it from the wrecking ball. At a cost of $2.5 million he immediately he set about restoring the theatre. |
Monday, November 25, 2019
Royal Alexandra Theatre
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It would have been terrible to lose this beautiful building.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent building
ReplyDeleteWhere would this city be without Honest Ed having been here!?
ReplyDelete...looks regal to me.
ReplyDeleteBless Ed for doing that. What a shame it would have been to lose this wonderful old building.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and impressive building. Glad it was bought and restored.
ReplyDeleteShe is a wonderful old theater Andy and i'm glad that it was restored... the Royal Alex is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theater in North America....peter....
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful - good that it's being restored, we need more people like that.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see this!
ReplyDeleteI've been in for a couple of concerts.
ReplyDeleteGood for Ed Mirvish. He saved a beautiful building important to the cultural history of the area.
ReplyDeleteGlad it is still there, those urges to demolish old buildings is frightening nowadays...
ReplyDeleteNice that it will be restored.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed Mirvish!
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