Demolition of Taylor's Arena, 1953

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Creator

James Heard, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Types

Negatives

Photographs

Description

Black and white negative showing the demolition of Ernie Taylor's arena. The arena was located on the block bound by Brock, Ontario, Green, and Gilbert Streets. This view is looking north from the end of the arena which has been stripped away. Click on the link on the right "Construction of Burns Arena" to see the same view in 1913.

Notes

Taylor's Arena was built in 1913 form the remains of the Barnes arena built in 1889, and demolished in 1953. It was replaced by the Whitby Community Arena in 1954.

Date of Original

1953

Dimensions

Width: 5 in
Height: 4 in

Subject(s)

Ice hockey
Sports
Arenas

Personal Name(s)

Heard, James L. "Bud"

Corporate Name(s)

Taylor's Arena

Local identifier

A2014_002_009

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8761383260733 Longitude: -78.9398652011108

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