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55-storey high-rise for lakeshore
55-storey high-rise for lakeshore

55-storey high-rise for lakeshore

Date5/6/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: 55-storey high-rise for lakeshore. Bruno Arnold; president of Alfa Group; a consortium development companies; inspects model of 1;500-dominium housed in four high-rise towers; one of them 55 storeys tall; that will be built on the site of the former Palace Pier dance hall; destroyed by fire in 1962. The project will cost $30 to $40 million. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113579F
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Image shows a two storey residential house with some trees around it.
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