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Face-Lifting Wilkins Ave. in Cabbagetown: The price tag on the renovated houses is $39,900, far too steep for the poor residents of the district. The houses have three bedrooms, and some a sauna
Face-Lifting Wilkins Ave. in Cabbagetown: The price tag on the renovated houses is $39,900, far too steep for the poor residents of the district. The houses have three bedrooms, and some a sauna

Face-Lifting Wilkins Ave. in Cabbagetown: The price tag on the renovated houses is $39,900, far too steep for the poor residents of the district. The houses have three bedrooms, and some a sauna

Date9/25/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Face-Lifting Wilkins Ave. in Cabbagetown: The price tag on the renovated houses is $39;900; far too steep for the poor residents of the district. The houses have three bedrooms; and some a sauna.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110797F
All houses have upstairs with two bedrooms, ground floor with living-room, kitchen-dinette and bedroom and a full-sized cellar
All houses have upstairs with two bedrooms, ground floor with living-room, kitchen-dinette and bedroom and a full-sized cellar
5/14/1949
Thomas Wilkins house, Suffolk Place. Toronto, Ont.
Thomas Wilkins house, Suffolk Place. Toronto, Ont.
1900 circa
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
7/16/1988
Meeting their landlord, George Herezeg, at right, who gestures as he talks with them, tenants of the homes on Wilkins Ave. that he owns listen to his (...)
Meeting their landlord, George Herezeg, at right, who gestures as he talks with them, tenants of the homes on Wilkins Ave. that he owns listen to his (...)
1/11/1972
Price range from $43,995 to $49,995 makes the houses built by Baycrest Consolidated Holdings in Cambridge appealing to buyers who have priced similar houses nearer Toronto
Price range from $43,995 to $49,995 makes the houses built by Baycrest Consolidated Holdings in Cambridge appealing to buyers who have priced similar houses nearer Toronto
10/26/1974
Fairway downs at Jane St. and Sheppard Ave. offers condominium apartments in 20 different models, from two to four bedrooms, some in two-storey styles(...)
Fairway downs at Jane St. and Sheppard Ave. offers condominium apartments in 20 different models, from two to four bedrooms, some in two-storey styles(...)
n.d.
Darrell day, 29, trained to be a mechanical engineer but is happy with his new career as proprietor of this paint store on Parliament St. He enjoys being his own boss and may renovate the old building in the future. Day is fond of variety-he has worked as an extra in films, renovated houses, sold heating equipment.
Darrell day, 29, trained to be a mechanical engineer but is happy with his new career as proprietor of this paint store on Parliament St. He enjoys being his own boss and may renovate the old building in the future. Day is fond of variety-he has worked as an extra in films, renovated houses, sold heating equipment.
1/21/1974
School Principal Betty Oliphant, a former associate director of the National Ballet of Canada, conducts one of the classes. school is in five renovated houses and a former church
School Principal Betty Oliphant, a former associate director of the National Ballet of Canada, conducts one of the classes. school is in five renovated houses and a former church
1/27/1977
Charming houses: The Daniel Lamb farmhouse, top, in Cabbagetown started as a Regency Cottage in 1830 and was added to later on
Charming houses: The Daniel Lamb farmhouse, top, in Cabbagetown started as a Regency Cottage in 1830 and was added to later on
8/20/1987
Housing task force tour of Toronto included this inspection of houses in Cabbagetown last October when Transport Minister Paul Hellyer (centre) led hi(...)
Housing task force tour of Toronto included this inspection of houses in Cabbagetown last October when Transport Minister Paul Hellyer (centre) led hi(...)
10/2/1968
Image shows a two storey residential house with some trees around it.
What They Got: Asked $349,000, Got $340,000: This two-storey brick house on a 51-foot landscaped lot in the Leslie-Sheppard area has four bedrooms. Sold by Bill Thom and Vivian Kong, Selmax Realty.
1/12/1990
The court houses of a century : a brief historical sketch of the court houses of the London District, the county of Middlesex and county of Elgin
The court houses of a century : a brief historical sketch of the court houses of the London District, the county of Middlesex and county of Elgin
1901