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Image shows an aerial view of the CN Tower and Toronto buildings.
The Toronto skyline has been in a state of almost constant change since the end of World War II as the population of Metro reached 2.25 million, farml(...)
Image shows an aerial view of the CN Tower and Toronto buildings.

The Toronto skyline has been in a state of almost constant change since the end of World War II as the population of Metro reached 2.25 million, farml(...)

Date3/26/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Toronto skyline has been in a state of almost constant change since the end of World War II as the population of Metro reached 2.25 million; farmland on outskirts has been built over and boom became a way of life. Toronto Mayor David Crombie has received a basketful of letters from Shriners who were in town recently; he sums up their comments as It's a great place. It has; Crombie says; the smell of a great city and the whiff of a small town.
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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_0114974F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
End of an era: Murray McInroy, 62, of the Canadian Society of Professional Engineers, says the recession has ended the gravy days for engineers which have existed almost uninterrupted since World War II
End of an era: Murray McInroy, 62, of the Canadian Society of Professional Engineers, says the recession has ended the gravy days for engineers which have existed almost uninterrupted since World War II
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Image shows a lake view with skyline of Toronto in the background.
Skylines 1921 and 1966; the city reached skyward as it sprawled; in 1920 The Royal York; in 1931 the bank of commerce; soon the dominion centre will be 56 floors tall . . .
1/5/1966
Image shows a cargo ship deck loaded with buses, cars and other goods.
That's mixed cargo. Docked in Toronto, the Federal Schedule unloads her cargo-World War II aircraft for Chicago, double decker buses for Detroit, Germ(...)
6/9/1974
Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
Toronto's skyline would have been drastically different if these buildings had been erected under criteria proposed last night by the city planning bo(...)
10/22/1974
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
5/3/1989
His left leg amputated as a result of his three years in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, subway collector R. J.Flemming, 52, has been parking his car in subway station bus loops but the Toronto Transit Commission now has forbidden him to. Cabs wou
His left leg amputated as a result of his three years in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, subway collector R. J.Flemming, 52, has been parking his car in subway station bus loops but the Toronto Transit Commission now has forbidden him to. Cabs wou
11/22/1974
Image shows a view of the Harbour through a periscope.
A sub's-eye view of Toronto. Through periscope the waterfront and city skyline look like this to skipper of USS Runner; which is visiting Toronto. At left; crew members and sub are reflected in water as men leave Pier 4 on tour.
8/27/1964
End of the Private Car before majority of the world's population ever has a chance to own one, was forecast by Toronoto Alderman William Kilbourn. The(...)
End of the Private Car before majority of the world's population ever has a chance to own one, was forecast by Toronoto Alderman William Kilbourn. The(...)
1/31/1974
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
1/2/1974
Image shows a skyline of Toronto.
Toronto's skyline seen from the foot of York street, the Harbor Commission building on the left
5/2/1925
Image shows Harbour buildings.
A recent view of Toronto's ever-changing skyline
5/17/1929
Image shows a lake view with some ducks and Harbour buildings in the background.
Happy civic holiday, Toronto! Our skyline comes of age with tower completion
7/29/1968