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Image shows an aerial view of the Toronto Harbourfront and the lake.
Section of the Toronto waterfront slated for an $85 million facelift as it is seen today through the lens of a panoramic camera. Where warehouses and (...)
Image shows an aerial view of the Toronto Harbourfront and the lake.

Section of the Toronto waterfront slated for an $85 million facelift as it is seen today through the lens of a panoramic camera. Where warehouses and (...)

Date4/22/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Section of the Toronto waterfront slated for an $85 million facelift as it is seen today through the lens of a panoramic camera. Where warehouses and jumble of docks exist at present will soar a complex of modern high-rise apartment and office buildings and a hotel
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116038F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
Outside. Wide angle lens gives this panoramic view of yesterday's opening of the Ontario Legislature by Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe. Here military l(...)
Outside. Wide angle lens gives this panoramic view of yesterday's opening of the Ontario Legislature by Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe. Here military l(...)
1/21/1985
Data centre to replace warehouses, To the west of the downtown Toronto core there is activity where once there stood only sagging warehouses and miles of railroad tracks
Data centre to replace warehouses, To the west of the downtown Toronto core there is activity where once there stood only sagging warehouses and miles of railroad tracks
5/6/1981
Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
Aerial view: The open area west of the Toronto Star building and south of the Gardiner Expressway is where the project would be.-On the left is the Harbor Castle Convention Centre and Harbor Castle Hilton Hotel. On the right is the Toronto Star building. The project would encompass 2 million square feet of office and commercial space and link the waterfront to the downtown area.
7/30/1984
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
6/4/1978
View from a molar: A camera with a fish-eye lens was placed inside jaw of a demonstration skull to catch Dr. Ellis Paul of Manchester, England, in act(...)
View from a molar: A camera with a fish-eye lens was placed inside jaw of a demonstration skull to catch Dr. Ellis Paul of Manchester, England, in act(...)
10/26/1977
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
1/5/1983
It's the St. Clair connection. The camera's telephoto lens makes it appear St. Clair Ave. streetcars are disappearing into the bowels of the earth, bu(...)
It's the St. Clair connection. The camera's telephoto lens makes it appear St. Clair Ave. streetcars are disappearing into the bowels of the earth, bu(...)
10/24/1977
Image shows a few grain elevators by the lake.
New grain elevators reared at waterfront: Toronto's two new grain elevators; as seen looking from western gap across the Bay toward Fleet St. and city. Royal York hotel in background.
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Image shows tugboat passing through the icy lake.
Sheathed in icicles, the bow of the Toronto Harbor Commission tug William Rest batters through the ice along the Toronto harbor waterfront. Harbor mus(...)
1/12/1971
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
Image shows dock workers unloading the cargo ship.
Harbor reflects a busy year. As dock workers transfer cargo on Pier 29 along Toronto's waterfront, where the Greek ship Ulysses Castle is moored, the (...)
11/2/1972
New face on the waterfront. York Quay Centre, part of the Harborfront Corp. recreational centre, has had a $1.2 million facelift - inside and out. A n(...)
New face on the waterfront. York Quay Centre, part of the Harborfront Corp. recreational centre, has had a $1.2 million facelift - inside and out. A n(...)
8/29/1985