Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres
The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres are a pair of stacked theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Winter Garden Theatre is seven storeys above the Elgin Theatre. They are the last surviving Edwardian stacked theatres in the world.Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: pair of stacked theaters in Toronto, Canada
- Also known as: “Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre”, “Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres”, “Elgin Theatre”, “Loew’s Theatre”, “Loew’s Yonge”, “The Elgin & Winter Garden”, and “Winter Garden Theatre”
- Address: 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, M5B 2H1
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and Theatre Museum Canada.
Yonge-Dundas
Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yonge-Dundas is the very heart of downtown Toronto—in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas St meet here, and the resulting intersection may be the city's busiest.
Theatre Museum Canada
Museum
Canada's Theatre Museum was founded by Herbert Whittaker in 1982, for the purpose of preserving and celebrating Canada's theatrical cultural heritage. The museum's honorary patron is Colm Feore.
Toronto Eaton Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The CF Toronto Eaton Centre, commonly referred to simply as the Eaton Centre, is a shopping mall and office complex in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Eaton Centre is situated 180 metres northwest of Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Yonge and Garden District.
Downtown Yonge
Neighborhood
Downtown Yonge is a retail and entertainment district centred on Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Downtown Yonge district is bounded by Richmond Street to the south; Grosvenor and Alexander Streets to the north; Bay Street to the west; and portions of Church Street, Victoria Street, and Bond Street to the east.
Garden District
Neighborhood
Photo: Luke Hollins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Garden District is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name was selected by the Toronto East Downtown Residents Association in recognition of Allan Gardens, an indoor botanical garden located nearby at the intersection of Carlton and Jarvis Streets.
Financial District
Neighborhood
Photo: Patrickneil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District is the central business district of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was originally planned as New Town in 1796 as an extension of the Town of York.
Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres
- Categories: performing arts center, movie theater, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.65303° or 43° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
-79.37929° or 79° 22′ 45″ westOpen location code
87M2MJ3C+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 293534178OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5360073
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “额尔金和冬季花园剧场”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح مركز الجين اند وينتر جاردن سنتر”
- French: “Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre”
- French: “théâtres Elgin et Winter Garden”
- French: “Théâtres Elgin et Winter Garden”
- German: “Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre”
- Polish: “Elgin & Winter Garden”
- Russian: “Театры ‘Элгин’ и ‘Зимний сад’”
- Russian: “Элгин и Зимний сад”
- Spanish: “Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Queen station and Massey Tower.
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