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30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor
30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor

30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor

Date11/19/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: 30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0109076F
How much? Tenants and landlords can settle the question through Ontario's complex rent review program
How much? Tenants and landlords can settle the question through Ontario's complex rent review program
3/18/1976
Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
5/21/1980
Apartment developers shouldn't ignore the sales appeal of an apartment complex in which a tenants' union is in operation, writes tenant organizer Norman G. Browne in the accompanying letter
Apartment developers shouldn't ignore the sales appeal of an apartment complex in which a tenants' union is in operation, writes tenant organizer Norman G. Browne in the accompanying letter
3/29/1971
Triumphant tenants
Triumphant tenants
8/28/1980
Swimming pool is only one of the amenities at Cresent Town that makes life pleasant for residents
Swimming pool is only one of the amenities at Cresent Town that makes life pleasant for residents
10/6/1975
Rents: Hit by new mortgages
Rents: Hit by new mortgages
1/20/1978
Sign of the times: It's a tight market, not greed, that causes housing problems, says Stuart Thom, whose report calls for rent controls to end
Sign of the times: It's a tight market, not greed, that causes housing problems, says Stuart Thom, whose report calls for rent controls to end
4/2/1982
Wellsboro Apartments. Jarvis St.
Wellsboro Apartments. Jarvis St.
Approximately 1915
Seven-storey brick building with worn, white paint, missing balcony rails and windows. Affixed …
Desk: Workmen are busy boarding up and taking safety precautions at that 'ghost building' on Bayview Extension we wrote about last week. All the balcony windows from top to bottom have been boarded for the first time anyone can remember. It is the result of our story. Why don't we send a photographer up and take some pics of this being done? Earl McRae
9/3/1969
Carrington tower is located a mile and a quarter from the Finch subway and just up from the Towne and Country Square shopping mall
Carrington tower is located a mile and a quarter from the Finch subway and just up from the Towne and Country Square shopping mall
12/16/1977
Community feeling: The St. Lawrence neighborhood, a T-shape wedged from the lakeshore up to The Esplanade and Front St. and flanked by Yonge and Parli(...)
Community feeling: The St. Lawrence neighborhood, a T-shape wedged from the lakeshore up to The Esplanade and Front St. and flanked by Yonge and Parli(...)
3/8/1984
Mayor's pride
Mayor's pride
9/12/1980