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Needs Repairs

Date4/6/1990

Names

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Needs Repairs: Michael Goodwin; president of the tenants association at 1499 Queen St. W.; stands beside plastered-over windows in the building's decrepit lobby.

Subject

Apartments

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109214F

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