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Bill Mclean, who heads the Conservation Authority's Waterfront Task Force, will spend about $4,000,000 annually over the next four years to help turn Metro's waterfront into a great playground
Bill Mclean, who heads the Conservation Authority's Waterfront Task Force, will spend about $4,000,000 annually over the next four years to help turn Metro's waterfront into a great playground

Bill Mclean, who heads the Conservation Authority's Waterfront Task Force, will spend about $4,000,000 annually over the next four years to help turn Metro's waterfront into a great playground

Date4/23/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bill Mclean, who heads the Conservation Authority's Waterfront Task Force, will spend about $4,000,000 annually over the next four years to help turn Metro's waterfront into a great playground.
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Retiring: After 33 years with the Metro Conservation Authority, eight of them as top administrator, Bill McLean retires at the end of the month
Retiring: After 33 years with the Metro Conservation Authority, eight of them as top administrator, Bill McLean retires at the end of the month
8/28/1992
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
11/4/1981
Family relaxation only 30 minutes from the heat and dirt of the city is offered at the Metro Conservation Authority's new retreat in the Humber valley
Family relaxation only 30 minutes from the heat and dirt of the city is offered at the Metro Conservation Authority's new retreat in the Humber valley
8/5/1959
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/20/1976
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/25/1976
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Two of the more than 100,000 children who live in Metro's high-rise apartments wonder what to do next in their little playground. Apartment children n(...)
Two of the more than 100,000 children who live in Metro's high-rise apartments wonder what to do next in their little playground. Apartment children n(...)
3/19/1969
Metro Toronto Housing Authority's environmental awareness event - finger painting in High Park
Metro Toronto Housing Authority's environmental awareness event - finger painting in High Park
7/29/1997
Image shows a life preserver and ladder in ice sheaths.
Ice Sheathes metro Waterfront. Blustery Arctic winds whipped spray from 6-foot waves to encrust Metro's waterfront in sheath of ice. And it will likel(...)
12/1/1975
Karl Jaffary. Heads B.C. rent task force
Karl Jaffary. Heads B.C. rent task force
1/15/1974
At the Toronto housing authority's family hostel on Richmond St
At the Toronto housing authority's family hostel on Richmond St
12/8/1966
$2.50 paid for a day's parking yesterday in the Toronto Parking Authority's underground garage at City Hall, but today it's 25 cents for each half hou(...)
$2.50 paid for a day's parking yesterday in the Toronto Parking Authority's underground garage at City Hall, but today it's 25 cents for each half hou(...)
1/31/1974