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15-Foot-Long expressway mode, made of masonite and plaster of paris overlaid with a large aerial photo montage, is viewed by spectators at Metro Trans(...)
15-Foot-Long expressway mode, made of masonite and plaster of paris overlaid with a large aerial photo montage, is viewed by spectators at Metro Trans(...)

15-Foot-Long expressway mode, made of masonite and plaster of paris overlaid with a large aerial photo montage, is viewed by spectators at Metro Trans(...)

Date3/9/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: 15-Foot-Long expressway mode; made of masonite and plaster of paris overlaid with a large aerial photo montage; is viewed by spectators at Metro Transportation Committee meeting today. Metro Road Commissioner Sam Cass used it to explain points in the repor ton the Spadina Expressway he presented to committee. He urged major design changes and an early resumption of construction.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115162F
Where large purchase was made. This is 145 to 153 Victoria street, just north of Queen street, which bought for $1,400 a foot, constituting a record d(...)
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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Streets and Expressways - Spadina - Aerial View
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Camps for Trans-Canada highway workers, Trans-Canada highway camps to house workers on the North Bay-Pembroke section of the Ontario route, are nearing completion
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Pushing southward into heart of Metro, despite protests by many residents along its proposed route, the Spadina Expressway has now been completed as f(...)
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Canada: A sheered-off pyramid with 65-foot-high textured mirrored walls, the Canadian Paviolion will reflect what's happening around it and turn patterns into a montage
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The hare and tortoise made up just one of 23 floats in yesterday's parade, which drew about 800,000 spectators
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Thirty members of the Go Spadina Committee today present a 40,0100-name, 1,500-foot-long petition to Transportation Minister Gordon Carton, right, out(...)
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