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Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)

Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)

Date7/16/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money to erect sanitation facilities at the new site. University officials had given the 250 young people until noon today to leave the area in front of Hart House.
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Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
9/9/1971
All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
7/27/1971
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
7/19/1971
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
7/12/1971
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
7/19/1971
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
7/13/1971
Grass roots meeting on Tuesday night was called to slot strategy after the way seemed clear to finally getting a site for a transient youth tent city (...)
Grass roots meeting on Tuesday night was called to slot strategy after the way seemed clear to finally getting a site for a transient youth tent city (...)
7/20/1971
Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)
Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)
1/21/1971
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
11/4/1981
Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
1/31/1984
Time to relax: A stroll along the boardwalk in the Toronto Beaches is an obvious pleasure for city dwellers
Time to relax: A stroll along the boardwalk in the Toronto Beaches is an obvious pleasure for city dwellers
5/14/1989
Picture of crowded beach.
Toronto Island beaches packed with city dwellers escaping heat
24 July 1961