Yorkdale Silver City

3401 Dufferin Street,
North York, ON M6A 2T9

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telliott
telliott on January 7, 2012 at 2:26 pm

I love all your uploads Mike, where do you find them without having to go to a library and look on microfilm?

rivest266
rivest266 on January 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm

I uploaded the February 25th, 1964 grand opening ad for both the Theatre and Cinema. The Theatre is an Famous Players and the Cinema is an 20th Century Theatres. I also uploaded the 1986 ad as a six-plex. the border text reads 3+3=Yorkdale 6

telliott
telliott on April 15, 2004 at 1:13 pm

Depends on what you think is old Chad, I’m 52 now so I was 12 when the mall and theatres opened. We went there alot when it opened.

edward
edward on March 1, 2004 at 11:34 am

Original ad for Yorkdale opening lists the theatre as a twin:
http://rivest266.tripod.com/toronto/u.html

cirish
cirish on February 29, 2004 at 10:27 pm

Well if you where living in the Yorkdale area back then in 1964, then you must be a pretty old man now Tim Elliot.

TimElliott
TimElliott on October 16, 2003 at 7:45 pm

Sorry Chad but if you check the movie pages of February 1964, you will see that the Yorkdale opened as a twin cinema, The Yorkdale and Yorkdale Cinema. The shopping centre opened in Feb 1964 and the twin cinemas opened then. I was there.

ChadIrish
ChadIrish on August 19, 2002 at 12:24 pm

Sorry Tim, But your got your story wrong. The Yorkdale was just a single screen movie theater when it opened in December of 1963. It was never twinned until 1979 or 1980. I dont remember them adding anymore screens until 1986.

TimElliott
TimElliott on April 13, 2002 at 6:37 pm

The Yorkdale actually opened as a Twin in 1964, the larger one called the Yorkdale and the smaller was Yorkdale Cinema. It was later expanded to 3 and then six and closed when the new Silvercity opened.