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Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.
Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.

Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.

Date6/29/1987
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126600F
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
11/8/1983
Book room: William Dendy's favorite room has over 500 shelf-feet of books relating to architecture.
Book room: William Dendy's favorite room has over 500 shelf-feet of books relating to architecture.
5/17/1987
See-through structure: The building that encloses the limestone rockface was designed to blend with its surroundings and allow visitors to see the carvings as they came near
See-through structure: The building that encloses the limestone rockface was designed to blend with its surroundings and allow visitors to see the carvings as they came near
4/29/1985
Theodore Roszak historian, author director of Eco-psychology Institute California (appears in BandW)
Theodore Roszak historian, author director of Eco-psychology Institute California (appears in BandW)
7/21/1994
Text in varied font type, framed with a line border. Small illustration of maker's mark or shie ...
Wood fibro carvings: catalogue no. 9, section no. 1
Approximately 1900s
Exquisite work Stanley Hill of the Six Nations reserve of Brantford, artist whose bone carvings are on exhibit at the Christel Galleries of Fine Art, (...)
Exquisite work Stanley Hill of the Six Nations reserve of Brantford, artist whose bone carvings are on exhibit at the Christel Galleries of Fine Art, (...)
4/8/1981
Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life
Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life
9/28/1965
Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
10/23/1986
Discarded picket signs overflow a street trash basket outside the Post Office building at Bay St
Discarded picket signs overflow a street trash basket outside the Post Office building at Bay St
12/2/1975
Confidant of the dead: Historian Hugh Sims, 68, of St
Confidant of the dead: Historian Hugh Sims, 68, of St
1/10/1983
Eric Hobswam - historian
Eric Hobswam - historian
10/5/1995
Ramsay Cook, York university historian. A significant new book - The Maple Leaf Forever
Ramsay Cook, York university historian. A significant new book - The Maple Leaf Forever
3/3/1971