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Building City Hall is a picky Job, A model of Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, standing two feet high and measuring four by six feet, has(...)
Building City Hall is a picky Job, A model of Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, standing two feet high and measuring four by six feet, has(...)

Building City Hall is a picky Job, A model of Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, standing two feet high and measuring four by six feet, has(...)

Date3/4/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Building City Hall is a picky Job; A model of Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square; standing two feet high and measuring four by six feet; has been built of toothpicks by Manuel Sousa; 35; of Peterborough Ave.; near Davenport Rd. and Dufferin St. Sousa came here from Portugal five years ago with his wife and son.
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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_0111340F
Twin towers twinned, Strollers in Nathan Phillips Square last night got an extra bonus -two city halls for the price of one
Twin towers twinned, Strollers in Nathan Phillips Square last night got an extra bonus -two city halls for the price of one
7/18/1967
Candid camera on Copter, While helicopter hovers only five feet above Nathan Phillips Square, cameraman Jeep Boyko films the Toronto scene
Candid camera on Copter, While helicopter hovers only five feet above Nathan Phillips Square, cameraman Jeep Boyko films the Toronto scene
8/11/1965
Toronto's love affair with its new City Hall continued last night with 10,000 jamming Nathan Phillips Square for an exhibition of square the Toronto a(...)
Toronto's love affair with its new City Hall continued last night with 10,000 jamming Nathan Phillips Square for an exhibition of square the Toronto a(...)
9/16/1965
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - City Hall - New - Nathan Phillips Square
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - City Hall - New - Nathan Phillips Square
7/1/1987
A bridge over bubbled waters, This temporary wooden bridge over the Toronto City Hall reflecting pool is the latest addition to Nathan Phillips Square
A bridge over bubbled waters, This temporary wooden bridge over the Toronto City Hall reflecting pool is the latest addition to Nathan Phillips Square
9/23/1985
In Nathan Phillips square, the 11 1/2-acres in front of City Hall, former Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips looks over area before his 79th birthday yesterday
In Nathan Phillips square, the 11 1/2-acres in front of City Hall, former Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips looks over area before his 79th birthday yesterday
11/5/1971
Figure skater mid air in front of Toronto City Hall
Leaping high off the ice, Toller Cranston, Canada's top male figure skater, works out at the rink at Nathan Phillips Square with City Hall in the back(...)
1/5/1974
Soaking their aching feet, Bonnie Smyth, 14, left, and Wendy Jackson, 14, sit on the edge of the pool in Nathan Phillips Square after completing the 4(...)
Soaking their aching feet, Bonnie Smyth, 14, left, and Wendy Jackson, 14, sit on the edge of the pool in Nathan Phillips Square after completing the 4(...)
5/8/1977
First Sod for Toronto's clamshell city hall is turned by Mayor Nathan Phillips
First Sod for Toronto's clamshell city hall is turned by Mayor Nathan Phillips
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Toronto Italians crowded Nathan Phillips Square today to cheer Italy's President Giuseppe Saragat in a red-carpet welcome at City Hall. The president,(...)
Toronto Italians crowded Nathan Phillips Square today to cheer Italy's President Giuseppe Saragat in a red-carpet welcome at City Hall. The president,(...)
9/15/1967
In the square named for him in front of City Hall, former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips talk with visitors from St
In the square named for him in front of City Hall, former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips talk with visitors from St
6/4/1974
Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
5/25/1984