Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne

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Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne

Date1/13/1974

Names

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop; says writer Trent Frayne.

Subject

Parking lots

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114471F

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