Courtesy: Lily Barnes

By Emily Landau
To outside eyes, Lilly Barnes may be a woman of the world, but her world ends in the Annex.
“My kids tease me—they say I act as if I get a nosebleed north of Dupont,” she chuckles. Barnes has lived in the Annex for almost six decades, where she has thrived [...]

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Cinema has worn many hats over the century, online doc shows
By Matt James
The Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.), like a lot of centarians, has shrunk with age.
Back in 1941 when it was known as the Midtown, it could seat 1,125 people. You could catch a flick for 35 cents, and if you threw in [...]

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