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No 'Open House' here

Date1 March 1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: No 'Open House' here. Valley-Halla, 23-room mansion built by Dr. Robert Jackson of Roman Meal wealth, likely will remain closed to public even after the 260-acre estate is opened as rudimentary park this summer. Metro Parks Commissioner Tom Thompson plans picnic tables and parking space but no drinking water playgrounds. Scarborough Reeve (1957-1967) Albert (Ab) Campbell, at Valley Halla, located on Meadowvale Road, east side, between Finch Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East. (43.824118, -79.175218)||Published in Toronto Daily Star, 2 March 1967, page B37, with article ''Valley-Halla to be 'rudimentary' park''.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107883F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Upper Rouge
Province or state:Ontario