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Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)
Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)

Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)

Date8/18/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening; The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended over Lake Ontario as the 80-acre Ontario government project move toward completion off the Canadian National Exhibition grounds.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112098F
Ontario pavilion--A place to stand, Toting a ladder, a workman makes his way along the road to Ontario Place, the five-part pavilion the government is(...)
Ontario pavilion--A place to stand, Toting a ladder, a workman makes his way along the road to Ontario Place, the five-part pavilion the government is(...)
1/7/1970
The view from 'Ontario place', Aided by ideal weather, construction of the Ontario Government's new pavilion is speeding ahead
The view from 'Ontario place', Aided by ideal weather, construction of the Ontario Government's new pavilion is speeding ahead
3/24/1970
The Steel Frame for Ontario Place, the government's pavilion in Lake Ontario, is going up
The Steel Frame for Ontario Place, the government's pavilion in Lake Ontario, is going up
1/7/1970
Les Pavillons des U.S.A. et du Saint Siege (The Pavilions of U.S.A. and Holy See), Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles 1958
Les Pavillons des U.S.A. et du Saint Siege (The Pavilions of U.S.A. and Holy See), Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles 1958
1958 circa
With most pavilions having the same box-like appearance, the countries have put their own mark on them
With most pavilions having the same box-like appearance, the countries have put their own mark on them
4/15/1986
This is where Cathy lives, in an apartment city built outside the Expo grounds for the hosts and hostesses who work thre in the pavilions of more than(...)
This is where Cathy lives, in an apartment city built outside the Expo grounds for the hosts and hostesses who work thre in the pavilions of more than(...)
6/11/1970
Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
10/27/1970
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
10/29/1970
The kids of summer: Watching the fish through the glass wall at Metro Zoo, and (top picture) the rubber boats are always a big hit at Ontario Place
The kids of summer: Watching the fish through the glass wall at Metro Zoo, and (top picture) the rubber boats are always a big hit at Ontario Place
6/3/1987
Hanging by the back of his neck, stuntman Jay Cochrane executes a daring slide from the pod roof of Ontario Place to the reflecting pool on the west i(...)
Hanging by the back of his neck, stuntman Jay Cochrane executes a daring slide from the pod roof of Ontario Place to the reflecting pool on the west i(...)
10/11/1974
Ultramodern banking pavilion in the Toronto-Dominion Centre has a plush carpeted interior behind tinted glass walls
Ultramodern banking pavilion in the Toronto-Dominion Centre has a plush carpeted interior behind tinted glass walls
5/8/1968
Ontario place nearing completion, Deadline for completion of Ontario Place on the CNE waterfront is less than a month away with opening date scheduled for May 22
Ontario place nearing completion, Deadline for completion of Ontario Place on the CNE waterfront is less than a month away with opening date scheduled for May 22
4/22/1971