[michigander]

When they say "next door", they men "NEXT DOOR" if that school is on the left or the right of the theatre.

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RICK MADONIK/TORONTO STAR
The Uptown Theatre, shown in August of this year, was once one of Toronto's great cinemas.
It had been slated for demolition following this past Toronto International Film Festival.

[mitchbert]

That picture for everyone's info is on Yonge St. The building extends in an L-shape back to the next block. The portion of the building behind this fascade is what came down. You're looking west and the building goes back and extended south.

An aside, the reason the building was being demolished was a court ruling brought about by a suit from a handicapped rights group forcing all theaters in Toronto to be handicapped accessible. This building, built in the 1920's along with a few other other magnificent historical theatres, could not be economically upgraded, so it was to be torn down and rebuilt. We're losing some beautiful theatres here.

The crime is, Famous Players Cinemas had long agreed not to run movies in this and the other old theaters that were not available at other newer theaters that are accessible. Wasn't good enough for the activists, though. They insisted they ALL had to converted and to heck with the history.