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Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)
Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)

Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)

Date6/5/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401 (at top) provides easy access to Metro Toronto and Oshawa.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105901F
On Tour: Planners John Gladki, left, and Gary Wright, and tenant association's Desmond Christopher, right, check out deteriorating highrises during a recent tour of the development
On Tour: Planners John Gladki, left, and Gary Wright, and tenant association's Desmond Christopher, right, check out deteriorating highrises during a recent tour of the development
2/6/1986
City farmers, toiling in the shade of Scarborough highrises, are Amos Reesor, 82, his son George, 49, and grandson Ernie, 23. At left, Bill Hawkes wor(...)
City farmers, toiling in the shade of Scarborough highrises, are Amos Reesor, 82, his son George, 49, and grandson Ernie, 23. At left, Bill Hawkes wor(...)
2/15/1984
Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
8/1/1989
Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
8/1/1989
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
5/16/1991
Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
Aerial view: The open area west of the Toronto Star building and south of the Gardiner Expressway is where the project would be.-On the left is the Harbor Castle Convention Centre and Harbor Castle Hilton Hotel. On the right is the Toronto Star building. The project would encompass 2 million square feet of office and commercial space and link the waterfront to the downtown area.
7/30/1984
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
Quick pace: Packaged Turtles, right, reach the end of the production line at Laura Secord in the year-end rush which runs from the middle of September
Quick pace: Packaged Turtles, right, reach the end of the production line at Laura Secord in the year-end rush which runs from the middle of September
12/13/1983
Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
9/9/1981
He helps make 401 Canada's safest road, A man in love with his job, and convinced of the importance of it, Ontario Provincial Police Constable Glen Bowmaster sweeps down Highway 401 on patrol
He helps make 401 Canada's safest road, A man in love with his job, and convinced of the importance of it, Ontario Provincial Police Constable Glen Bowmaster sweeps down Highway 401 on patrol
6/12/1970
Van burns on the 401. Firefighters on Highway 401 near Dufferin St. hose down flames after a propane-fuelled van caught fire during the afternoon rush(...)
Van burns on the 401. Firefighters on Highway 401 near Dufferin St. hose down flames after a propane-fuelled van caught fire during the afternoon rush(...)
9/27/1989
Pastoral area (in centre of 1956 aerial photo below) has become location of the handsome, circular Scarboro Civic Centre at left.(...)
Pastoral area (in centre of 1956 aerial photo below) has become location of the handsome, circular Scarboro Civic Centre at left.(...)
12/16/1987