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Saving space: A Toronto firm is marketing a hydraulic device that lowers one car into a five-foot-deep basement of a garage, leaving room for a second car to park in the garage at ground level
Saving space: A Toronto firm is marketing a hydraulic device that lowers one car into a five-foot-deep basement of a garage, leaving room for a second car to park in the garage at ground level

Saving space: A Toronto firm is marketing a hydraulic device that lowers one car into a five-foot-deep basement of a garage, leaving room for a second car to park in the garage at ground level

Date8/15/1990
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128027F
One-Plane Gararge: Most people have cars in their driveways, but Neil Kruiswyk of Brampton keeps his single engine light plane in his father's garage, where he built the plane
One-Plane Gararge: Most people have cars in their driveways, but Neil Kruiswyk of Brampton keeps his single engine light plane in his father's garage, where he built the plane
7/16/1988
Five-car garage perches precariously on the edge of a 100-foot gorge caused by last night's landslide that dumped mud and trees on to Mt. Pleasant Rd.(...)
Five-car garage perches precariously on the edge of a 100-foot gorge caused by last night's landslide that dumped mud and trees on to Mt. Pleasant Rd.(...)
3/15/1967
Five-car garage perches precariously on the edge of a 100-foot gorge caused by last night's landslide that dumped mud and trees on to Mt. Pleasant Rd.(...)
Five-car garage perches precariously on the edge of a 100-foot gorge caused by last night's landslide that dumped mud and trees on to Mt. Pleasant Rd.(...)
3/14/1967
John Blackburn: Looking very, very British (he is) with bowler hat and that fancy car, he poses at site of expensive condominium rising in place of parking garage at Church and Adelaide Sts.
John Blackburn: Looking very, very British (he is) with bowler hat and that fancy car, he poses at site of expensive condominium rising in place of parking garage at Church and Adelaide Sts.
12/9/1980
Using his nose to operate radio microphone garage mechanic John Radmacher shows how he called for help after two men tied him hand and foot during robbery at taxi garage on George St
Using his nose to operate radio microphone garage mechanic John Radmacher shows how he called for help after two men tied him hand and foot during robbery at taxi garage on George St
6/17/1971
Caged fancy: His 80 finches are an absorbing hobby for sales and marketing director Barry Bryan of Scarborough - so much so that his basement is full of them.
Caged fancy: His 80 finches are an absorbing hobby for sales and marketing director Barry Bryan of Scarborough - so much so that his basement is full of them.
9/28/1980
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
5/22/1985
Space simulator: Rod Tennyson of the University of Toronto's Institute of Aerospace Studies with his device which recreates the harsh conditions of outer space for testing materials
Space simulator: Rod Tennyson of the University of Toronto's Institute of Aerospace Studies with his device which recreates the harsh conditions of outer space for testing materials
9/10/1981
The favorite: Jack Morton with his favorite gas-saving device, the Clear-Ex
The favorite: Jack Morton with his favorite gas-saving device, the Clear-Ex
12/27/1979
To the rescue: Marcel Bregstein is one of three partners in Unlock the Possibilities, a Scarborough firm that makes a plastic, wallet-sized card that will unlock the house or car when keys are lost.
To the rescue: Marcel Bregstein is one of three partners in Unlock the Possibilities, a Scarborough firm that makes a plastic, wallet-sized card that will unlock the house or car when keys are lost.
1/2/1992
New President of the ex, Jack Corrigan was first attracted to the giant fair 50 years ago. He received a midway pass for attending a summer Sunday school run by the then-president of the CNE. Corrigan has suggested that cars be banned from the central section of the Ex and the space landscaped.
New President of the ex, Jack Corrigan was first attracted to the giant fair 50 years ago. He received a midway pass for attending a summer Sunday school run by the then-president of the CNE. Corrigan has suggested that cars be banned from the central section of the Ex and the space landscaped.
2/3/1971
The stimulator: Rolf Stiefel, whose firm will soon be marketing a TEN, demonstrates the $250 machine
The stimulator: Rolf Stiefel, whose firm will soon be marketing a TEN, demonstrates the $250 machine
7/28/1981