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Rainbow Motel and Sunshine Motel, Lake Shore Boulevard West, south side, east of Park Lawn Road, Toronto, Ontario
Collection of signs staked into lawn and attached to pole beside a low, white building with black shingled roof; signs read, Rainbow Motel - TV & phone - Vacancy, Air Cond., Television - Tourist Court. Topmost sign affixed to pole reads, Sunshine.

Rainbow Motel and Sunshine Motel, Lake Shore Boulevard West, south side, east of Park Lawn Road, Toronto, Ontario

Date1/27/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lakefront lure: Etobicoke motel strip draws criminals who like its isolation.

Image published in Toronto Star, 22 February 1991, page A23, with article by Caroline Byrne, "Motel strip at war with crime; prostitution, drug deals a way of live on Etobicoke's lakefront 'track'" 
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-127
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:Lakeshore Boulevard West
Historical location:Etobicoke (Ont.), 1850-1954
Neighbourhood:New Toronto
Province or state:Ontario