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Built about 1855, this historic farmhouse in North York sits in the parking lot of the Prince Hotel
Built about 1855, this historic farmhouse in North York sits in the parking lot of the Prince Hotel

Built about 1855, this historic farmhouse in North York sits in the parking lot of the Prince Hotel

Date9/20/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Built about 1855; this historic farmhouse in North York sits in the parking lot of the Prince Hotel. Details are now being worked out for a proposal to move it and restore it as a restaurant.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107022F
Historic house gutted: This three-storey, fieldstone farmhouse built in 1841 has been gutted by vandals and neglected because the T
Historic house gutted: This three-storey, fieldstone farmhouse built in 1841 has been gutted by vandals and neglected because the T
6/30/1976
Rendering of apartment-hotel complex to be built on site of the historic Brant Inn. Burlington, Ontario
Rendering of apartment-hotel complex to be built on site of the historic Brant Inn. Burlington, Ontario
11/1/1968
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
7/10/1975
Parking king: Denis Dimitrakopoulos has built up a chain of 35 parking lots.
Parking king: Denis Dimitrakopoulos has built up a chain of 35 parking lots.
8/12/1986
One of North America's most outstanding collections of art and sculpture sits high in the clouds in a Toronto penthouse
One of North America's most outstanding collections of art and sculpture sits high in the clouds in a Toronto penthouse
5/11/1967
Country home: Janet Berton, wife of author Pierre Berton, sits in front of the historic Kline/Howland house in Kleinburg, the town where they have lived for 38 years
Country home: Janet Berton, wife of author Pierre Berton, sits in front of the historic Kline/Howland house in Kleinburg, the town where they have lived for 38 years
8/4/1988
Image shows a crime scene in between two police cars.
Spot where Student was Slain in Fairview Mall parking lot is roped off. Police question bystanders of possible clues, but apparently have no motive for the slaying of Michael Habbib, 15, who was shot twice in the face as he walked across the lot last night. A suspect was wounded seriously in a shoot-out with police a little later in the parking lot of Scarborough Town Centre mall, about 5 miles east.
5/6/1975
Moatfield House, built about 1862, stands at north-west corner of Don Mills and York Mills Rd
Moatfield House, built about 1862, stands at north-west corner of Don Mills and York Mills Rd
11/28/1971
Open books: Debbie McPhee of North York kneels beside some old medical records found blowing around an apartment building parking lot yesterday by Lettty Young
Open books: Debbie McPhee of North York kneels beside some old medical records found blowing around an apartment building parking lot yesterday by Lettty Young
10/25/1982
West York Coach Lines, garage [parking lot], Dundas Street West, southwest corner Pacific Avenue, looking north to Dundas St., showing, l. to r., buses #490 & #491 in foreground
West York Coach Lines, garage [parking lot], Dundas Street West, southwest corner Pacific Avenue, looking north to Dundas St., showing, l. to r., buses #490 & #491 in foreground
1953
House move? Doug and Christine Sasaki and their five children - Keith, 13, Richard, 12, Ashley, 8, Elaine, 7 and Jacob, 3 - hope to find a place they can put their house, now temporarily stuck in a North York parking lot
House move? Doug and Christine Sasaki and their five children - Keith, 13, Richard, 12, Ashley, 8, Elaine, 7 and Jacob, 3 - hope to find a place they can put their house, now temporarily stuck in a North York parking lot
4/3/1995
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
9/10/1971