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Originally Posted by Dmajackson
The Paramount sign is visible so it's after 1935.
Beyond that I can't really narrow it down. Most of the foreground buildings depicted are registered heritage properties so they were built well before 1935 and are still standing today.
Can anyone figure out what the sign is on the waterfront? Or the details on the smokestack on Sackville Street?
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My understanding is the Paramount opened in 1948 or 49. It replaced the Orpheus, which opened as a movie house in 1935 and closed in '47. (NSARM has photos of the Orpheus taken during WWII.) The photo was taken before the Birks Building received its modernized store front, I believe in 1954. And in the background of the photo are Nova Scotia Light and Power's gas towers. NSLP exited the gas business in 1953. So all that suggests that photo was taken between 1949 and 1953.
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