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Man wearing suit and hardhat smiles as he rests sledgehammer over shoulder and holds up brick; ...
'Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
Man wearing suit and hardhat smiles as he rests sledgehammer over shoulder and holds up brick; he stands in front of a low-rise building missing windows and porch rails.

'Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario

Date6/11/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Down by Christmas: East York Mayor Alan Redway with bricks from the crumbling ghost, which developers have agreed to tear down by Dec. 24. Previous owners had hoped to make the area a park.

Image published in Toronto Star, 27 September 1981, page A23, to illustrate article, "Bayview Ghost story nears end."

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109018F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Leaside
North-south street:Bayview Avenue
Province or state:Ontario
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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
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Pottery Rd. (old road), looking west from Pottery Rd. (now Bayview Ave.); C.P.R. tracks n. of Nesbitt Drive at left, Toronto, Ontario
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Image shows a road view with some trees on both sides.
Pottery Rd. (old road), looking west from Pottery Rd. (now Bayview Ave.); C.P.R. tracks north of Nesbitt Drive at left, Toronto, Ontario
1951
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
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