Doc here, a man who some say spent many afternoons as a youth walking up and down Yonge Street in Toronto with a few pals in the late 1970's, when it was a mini version of "The Duece" in NYC. Adult theaters, grindhouse cinemas, and ABSs were plentiful.
In this first time report by Jayan_Ravi123, he provides us with a Field Report on Loft 18 on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada.
This theater has quite the history, opening as the Big Nickle Theater in 1913. It spent a good chunk of it's existence as The Rio, showing grindhouse fare before closing in 1991. Since then is became an AOV (Adults Only Video), a big Canadian chain I am familiar with since my days back in my old stomping grounds in Upstate NY. Now it appears to be an independent entity (without AOV).
The main theater auditorium has long been converted to retail space (as you can see from the Street View image), but the mini theaters are located upstairs. This is where our freshman reporter traveled, and is here to present to us.
Take it away, Jayan_Ravi123!
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Dear Doc,
First of all let me thank you for the excellent blog that you maintain. I had come across it while I was trying to get a list of the adult movie theatres.
I had never been to such theatres in my entire life and had a curiosity to try it out. A couple of months back, I got such an opportunity and visited the 'Loft 18' at 363 Yonge Street, Toronto (ed. note: Address is the Adult Theater dB). Afterwards, while I was going through your list, I noticed that the theatre was not listed in your list. So I thought I would just let you know about the place so that you can add it in the list.
