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Residents of Macphail House who must use wheel chairs are allowed to rent rooms designed for double occupancy
Residents of Macphail House who must use wheel chairs are allowed to rent rooms designed for double occupancy

Residents of Macphail House who must use wheel chairs are allowed to rent rooms designed for double occupancy

Date10/20/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Residents of Macphail House who must use wheel chairs are allowed to rent rooms designed for double occupancy. The 13-storey YWCA building has 81 vacancies.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116144F
Looking ahead: John Sewell, who chairs the planning and development reform commission, says better use must be made of existing city space rather than allowing continuous expansion
Looking ahead: John Sewell, who chairs the planning and development reform commission, says better use must be made of existing city space rather than allowing continuous expansion
12/20/1991
Joseph Cheng designed the entrance, left, which includes an original handsome stone fireplace and walnut panelling, he also chose the traditional tapestry for chairs in the main dining room, right
Joseph Cheng designed the entrance, left, which includes an original handsome stone fireplace and walnut panelling, he also chose the traditional tapestry for chairs in the main dining room, right
11/3/1991
Healthy enterprise: Lou Starkman, right, a veteran of the health care business who graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1931, and company manager Jim Garde, believe it takes more than just wheel chairs, commodes and walkers to make a good health care store
Healthy enterprise: Lou Starkman, right, a veteran of the health care business who graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1931, and company manager Jim Garde, believe it takes more than just wheel chairs, commodes and walkers to make a good health care store
2/19/1988
Clever Carpentry: David Eadie, 68, designed this oak lawn chair. Disadvantaged or unemployed men make the chairs at the Kleinburg Craft Co-operative.
Clever Carpentry: David Eadie, 68, designed this oak lawn chair. Disadvantaged or unemployed men make the chairs at the Kleinburg Craft Co-operative.
4/4/1991
Double row of simple wooden tables and chairs wit a clock above each face opposite walls in Carmen Lamanna Gallery and constitute exhibition of New Yo(...)
Double row of simple wooden tables and chairs wit a clock above each face opposite walls in Carmen Lamanna Gallery and constitute exhibition of New Yo(...)
11/11/1971
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
2/7/1942
Playful design: Frank Gehry's Easy Edges chairs, first designed in the early 1970s, are made of corrugated cardboard.
Playful design: Frank Gehry's Easy Edges chairs, first designed in the early 1970s, are made of corrugated cardboard.
8/28/1987
lature. Mr. Siros and Mr. French (Right) show the intricate carving they must do on the royal lions which will be affixed to the chairs. [Incomplete]
lature. Mr. Siros and Mr. French (Right) show the intricate carving they must do on the royal lions which will be affixed to the chairs. [Incomplete]
2/16/1939
Kathy Paton is Dr. Teitler's patient here. There are five dental chairs in the office which is an open and cheerful room as much like a living-room as possible
Kathy Paton is Dr. Teitler's patient here. There are five dental chairs in the office which is an open and cheerful room as much like a living-room as possible
1/31/1974
Metro Jews who just returned from Israel described the terror of the night as they hid in sealed hotel rooms wearing gas masks while missiles exploded nearby in Tel Aviv. We must understand here in this country the terror of the night, Howard English,
Metro Jews who just returned from Israel described the terror of the night as they hid in sealed hotel rooms wearing gas masks while missiles exploded nearby in Tel Aviv. We must understand here in this country the terror of the night, Howard English,
1/21/1991
John MacGregor uses common wood kitchen chairs and transforms them by building them too large or too small and setting them at an angle. Some are split apart
John MacGregor uses common wood kitchen chairs and transforms them by building them too large or too small and setting them at an angle. Some are split apart
2/4/1970
Traditional style: Robert Dirstein opts for elegance in his living room, mixing an English Hepplewhite setee with Venetian and Georgian chairs on a Savonnerie rug.
Traditional style: Robert Dirstein opts for elegance in his living room, mixing an English Hepplewhite setee with Venetian and Georgian chairs on a Savonnerie rug.
1/13/1992