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Listening to Police plea for permission to erect a 320-foot radio communications tower in Winston Churchill Park, members of Toronto's buildings and d(...)
Listening to Police plea for permission to erect a 320-foot radio communications tower in Winston Churchill Park, members of Toronto's buildings and d(...)

Listening to Police plea for permission to erect a 320-foot radio communications tower in Winston Churchill Park, members of Toronto's buildings and d(...)

Date8/31/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Listening to Police plea for permission to erect a 320-foot radio communications tower in Winston Churchill Park; members of Toronto's buildings and development committee listen as Constable Syd Brown; president of Metro Police Association; describes need. From left; aldermen Fred Beavis; Ben Grys. Thomas Wardle; Paul Pickett and Allan Lamport. All five of them voted for the park site.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111233F
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