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Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.
Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.

Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.

Date11/22/1989
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Tim Jocelyn: His 'wearable art' was sold through many boutiques and shops
Tim Jocelyn: His 'wearable art' was sold through many boutiques and shops
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In the boutiques..., She's Susan Kosovic. She owns both the Poupee Rouge fashion shop on Yonge St. and the Poupee Rouge in The Colonnade
In the boutiques..., She's Susan Kosovic. She owns both the Poupee Rouge fashion shop on Yonge St. and the Poupee Rouge in The Colonnade
10/28/1966
53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already(...)
53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already(...)
10/21/1987
Cher (right) slept here: The Prime Minister's Suite in Sutton Place, $450 a night for five bathrooms, three bedrooms, mahogany floors and paintings by Harold Town, Jack Bush and Kenojuac
Cher (right) slept here: The Prime Minister's Suite in Sutton Place, $450 a night for five bathrooms, three bedrooms, mahogany floors and paintings by Harold Town, Jack Bush and Kenojuac
9/5/1979
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
6/14/1971
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
3/18/1987
Ira Hopmeyer (left) and Gerard Jennings with items to be sold and bought by D and J Ritchie
Ira Hopmeyer (left) and Gerard Jennings with items to be sold and bought by D and J Ritchie
6/30/1995
Battle position: A shopper kneels on the floor as she searches through toys and small items at the downtown Simpsons store, which is usually closed on a Sunday
Battle position: A shopper kneels on the floor as she searches through toys and small items at the downtown Simpsons store, which is usually closed on a Sunday
n.d.
Blacksmith Albert Foster (right) discusses a leg brace being made in the basement machine shop at the Hospital for Sick Children, with Boris Mozetich Last year, he and his 12 workmen produced 7,000 special items orthopedic shoes, iron lugns, surgical tool
Blacksmith Albert Foster (right) discusses a leg brace being made in the basement machine shop at the Hospital for Sick Children, with Boris Mozetich Last year, he and his 12 workmen produced 7,000 special items orthopedic shoes, iron lugns, surgical tool
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Tax free: Kelly and Steve Mason show off some of the anti-tax items they're selling in their recently opened shop on Queen St. East.
Tax free: Kelly and Steve Mason show off some of the anti-tax items they're selling in their recently opened shop on Queen St. East.
7/4/1991
Wall groupings: Livingroom (left) is filled with groupings of oil paintings by friends and artwork by Moore's daughter, Lisa, 16, and various items from flea markets and antique shops
Wall groupings: Livingroom (left) is filled with groupings of oil paintings by friends and artwork by Moore's daughter, Lisa, 16, and various items from flea markets and antique shops
3/5/1981
Catherine and David Nugent, whose company distributes Alfred Sung perfume, with Holt Renfrew's director of boutiques, Krystyne Romer Griffin, right, holding a faux floral bouquet
Catherine and David Nugent, whose company distributes Alfred Sung perfume, with Holt Renfrew's director of boutiques, Krystyne Romer Griffin, right, holding a faux floral bouquet
5/9/1988