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Try as he might, Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home
Try as he might, Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home

Try as he might, Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home

Date12/3/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Try as he might; Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home. His wife; Kay; tried to raise family income with a job; but rent rose. They see little future for daughter maryanne.
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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_0113717F
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
12/30/1968
Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
11/20/1968
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
12/7/1968
Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
12/2/1968
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
11/20/1968
Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts
Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts
12/2/1968
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
4/14/1967
Rampage in regent park
Rampage in regent park
6/7/1976
Examining regent park plan to turn paved playgrounds and several parkland, and build a community centre and swimming pool, Mrs. Betty Strand (left) an(...)
Examining regent park plan to turn paved playgrounds and several parkland, and build a community centre and swimming pool, Mrs. Betty Strand (left) an(...)
10/27/1970
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
6/2/1970
Improvements at the Regent Park developments reflect the wishes of the tenants, writes R
Improvements at the Regent Park developments reflect the wishes of the tenants, writes R
11/20/1968
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Housing - Public - Regent Park
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Housing - Public - Regent Park
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