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Outside: 'We hope it will be a magnet for people walking north from the Centre'
Outside: 'We hope it will be a magnet for people walking north from the Centre'

Outside: 'We hope it will be a magnet for people walking north from the Centre'

Date3/17/1979
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College Park, south west corner of Yonge Street and College Avenue. Original Toronto Star caption: Outside: 'We hope it will be a magnet for people walking north from the Centre'. 
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110036F
Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
4/10/1969
People-Watcher Don Curry sits outside the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Centre, where he works, and contemplates on how different life is in the centre o(...)
People-Watcher Don Curry sits outside the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Centre, where he works, and contemplates on how different life is in the centre o(...)
5/29/1974
H.M. Brig ''Magnet'' (Lake Ontario), 1814
H.M. Brig ''Magnet'' (Lake Ontario), 1814
1913 circa
Steamer "Magnet", 1847-95; "Hamilton", 1895-1909 (Great Lakes)
Steamer "Magnet", 1847-95; "Hamilton", 1895-1909 (Great Lakes)
approximately 1915
Inventive technicians such as George Scott can simultaneously spin magnets in 12 test tubes to translate medical needs into devices like this one whic(...)
Inventive technicians such as George Scott can simultaneously spin magnets in 12 test tubes to translate medical needs into devices like this one whic(...)
9/25/1969
Chicago Beaches are in the shadow of some of the world's tallest buildings and with easy walking distance of major hotels. The John Hancock Centre, above is the world's fifth talles. Tenants occupying upper floor suites sometimes wake to sunshine and find clouds down below.
Chicago Beaches are in the shadow of some of the world's tallest buildings and with easy walking distance of major hotels. The John Hancock Centre, above is the world's fifth talles. Tenants occupying upper floor suites sometimes wake to sunshine and find clouds down below.
7/30/1974
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Peaceful protest, Police arrested 15 people after an hour-long demonstration outside a Canadian Forces recruiting centre in North York yesterday. Prot(...)
Peaceful protest, Police arrested 15 people after an hour-long demonstration outside a Canadian Forces recruiting centre in North York yesterday. Prot(...)
2/5/1990
Sandy Watson. Said one of the team, Andy Gilpin of Montreal, people outside Czechoslovakia have a much better idea of what has happened than we have. (...)
Sandy Watson. Said one of the team, Andy Gilpin of Montreal, people outside Czechoslovakia have a much better idea of what has happened than we have. (...)
2/28/1948
Historical walking tour of North York Centre : celebrating the 25th anniversary of North York Central Library, 1987-2012
Historical walking tour of North York Centre : celebrating the 25th anniversary of North York Central Library, 1987-2012
2012
Off and walking: About 70 people followed former mayor John Sewell in a walking tour yesterday
Off and walking: About 70 people followed former mayor John Sewell in a walking tour yesterday
10/4/1981
Burton's buddy. Actor Richard Burton, in town to work on the movie Circle Of Two, in which he stars with Tatum O'Neal, yesterday was spotted walking his dog outside Windsor Arms Hotel
Burton's buddy. Actor Richard Burton, in town to work on the movie Circle Of Two, in which he stars with Tatum O'Neal, yesterday was spotted walking his dog outside Windsor Arms Hotel
9/24/1979