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Toronto's Chinatown just north of City Hall is one of the most colorful areas in the city and there's a movement afoot to help preserve it. Members of(...)
Toronto's Chinatown just north of City Hall is one of the most colorful areas in the city and there's a movement afoot to help preserve it. Members of(...)

Toronto's Chinatown just north of City Hall is one of the most colorful areas in the city and there's a movement afoot to help preserve it. Members of(...)

Date5/7/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto's Chinatown just north of City Hall is one of the most colorful areas in the city and there's a movement afoot to help preserve it. Members of University Settlement are anxious to save from redevelopment the Chinese grocery stores and restaurants known by Totontonians.
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Recognition: Street signs in Chinese and law that allows Chinatown stores to open Sundays show that city recognizes area's distinctiveness, says Alderman Gordon Chong
Recognition: Street signs in Chinese and law that allows Chinatown stores to open Sundays show that city recognizes area's distinctiveness, says Alderman Gordon Chong
6/21/1977
Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, not only ranks as one of the world's most beautiful cities but it's best seen and enjoyed afoot
Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, not only ranks as one of the world's most beautiful cities but it's best seen and enjoyed afoot
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Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
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Metro's first is a long one, Metro Council had its first meeting in the new City Hall last night, but it was just like old times. Members spent six hours trying to get their business done
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9/22/1965
Passing the time: In the crowded, bustling streets of Chinatown, there's still time out for a quiet chat between storekeeper and passerby
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Both sides of fence on Women's Lib, Members of Toronto women's liberation movement paint symbol on construction fence on Spadina Ave. just south of Bl(...)
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Murder scene: Members of Metro-area's Sikh community stand at the cornerof Foxacre Row driveway of community activist Balbir Singh Brar, who was gunned down in front of his home last month
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National flags of the 125 countries and areas in which the Lions have 720,385 members are presented by white-uniformed boys wearing red-plumed shakoes(...)
National flags of the 125 countries and areas in which the Lions have 720,385 members are presented by white-uniformed boys wearing red-plumed shakoes(...)
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