{"id":4567,"date":"2021-10-20T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elemex.com\/en-us\/?p=4567"},"modified":"2021-10-20T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:11:58","slug":"paradise-theatre-on-bloor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elemex.com\/en-us\/paradise-theatre-on-bloor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Theatre on Bloor St Wins Heritage Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Toronto Awards held this week included The Paradise Theatre. The awards program highlights the key role of heritage in city building, recognizing extraordinary contributions to Toronto&#8217;s heritage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Craftsmanship Award<\/strong> recognizes the use of construction techniques and materials that are compatible to the building\u2019s original architectural qualities. It was won by The Paradise Theater. You can see some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/18694\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before shots on the Urban Toronto<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was won by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/18694\/\">Paradise Theatre<\/a>\u2013 located at 1006 Bloor Street West\u2013for the reimagining\u00a0the early 20th-century cinema by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/companies\/era-architects\">ERA Architects<\/a> inspired by its Art Deco design by Benjamin Brown, who was one of the earliest Jewish architects in Toronto. The 1937 heritage-designated landmark has been transformed into a thriving creative hub and community amenity. (Urban Toronto, Oct 20, 2021)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-943 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ontariopanelization.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParadiseTheatre2_720x400-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Paradise Theatre on Bloor, Toronto - Ceramitex\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full article about the award on the Urban Toronto website: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2021\/10\/heritage-toronto-announces-winners-46th-annual-awards\">Heritage Toronto Announces Winners of 46th Annual Awards | UrbanToronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paradise Theatre: <a href=\"https:\/\/paradiseonbloor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.paradiseonbloor.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Toronto Awards held this week included The Paradise Theatre. The awards program highlights the key role of heritage in city building, recognizing extraordinary contributions to Toronto&#8217;s heritage. The Craftsmanship Award recognizes the use of construction techniques and materials that are compatible to the building\u2019s original architectural qualities. 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