Petrie’s Parking Place – Electric overhanging sign on a building located on the south side of Front Street West, west of York Street, 1929 (65/163)

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Petrie's Parking Place - Electric overhanging sign on a building located on the south side of Front Street West, west of York Street, 1929

The building, occupied as a parking garage, was built as the Cyclorama. View is looking east on Front Street West

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  1. The Cyclorama was an early immersive attraction, in which people were surrounded by scenes of historical events.
    It never really made money, and was was seized by the city for back taxes, before being repurposed into a car dealership, and a parking garage, before being demolished in 1975.

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