tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post7957242459736538979..comments2024-03-28T10:49:03.601-04:00Comments on lost toronto: Shea's Hippodrome/Queen and BayGBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14776498578069382503noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-68217557443330167202012-03-20T19:51:55.708-04:002012-03-20T19:51:55.708-04:00It's wonderful to imagine what it would have b...It's wonderful to imagine what it would have been like if more of these movie palaces had survived to the present day, but it's hard to ignore the fact that the few that have are rarely used as theatres any more. (The Eglinton's an "event space," the old Pantages is whatever corporate sponsor wants it to be called as a live theatre, as is the Elgin, and the Winter Garden, while beautifully restored, is rarely open to the public these days.) I suppose it would be nice if they were still there, but the brute economics of the entertainment industry mean that a cavernous movie palace can't cover its running expenses any more, and probably never will. Then again, we lost a lot of these theatres years ago, during periods when movie attendance was still sold, so something else was obviously going on.rick mcginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238756880941710637noreply@blogger.com