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Despite Blockbusting by developers, 83-year-old George Hoare is clinging to his little white house on Summerhill Rd
Despite Blockbusting by developers, 83-year-old George Hoare is clinging to his little white house on Summerhill Rd

Despite Blockbusting by developers, 83-year-old George Hoare is clinging to his little white house on Summerhill Rd

Date8/25/1975
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128457F
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
3/9/1988
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
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Sandy McNair: He and his six partners designed computer programs that have had Canada's biggest developers beat a path to his door.
Sandy McNair: He and his six partners designed computer programs that have had Canada's biggest developers beat a path to his door.
9/3/1985
Good timing: Wayne Beach, president of Aurelian Small Business Developers Ltd. feels timing was right in organizing his new company.
Good timing: Wayne Beach, president of Aurelian Small Business Developers Ltd. feels timing was right in organizing his new company.
8/24/1979
Reuben Dennis, one of Metro's largest developers, leaves courtroom where he and six companies pleaded guilty to making false statements in income tax returns.
Reuben Dennis, one of Metro's largest developers, leaves courtroom where he and six companies pleaded guilty to making false statements in income tax returns.
7/19/1967
Developers Larry Boland, left and Richard Weldon meet summer day campers on the boardwalk.
Developers Larry Boland, left and Richard Weldon meet summer day campers on the boardwalk.
7/7/1993
A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
12/1/1975
Despite their advertisements, developers are not as dedicated to public service as to making money, says Alderman Michael Goldrick, sitting on the ste(...)
Despite their advertisements, developers are not as dedicated to public service as to making money, says Alderman Michael Goldrick, sitting on the ste(...)
10/24/1974
White house: Home builder Gord Mason stands in front of the 140-year-old Georgian mansion in Etobicoke that has served as his firm's headquarters for 15 years
White house: Home builder Gord Mason stands in front of the 140-year-old Georgian mansion in Etobicoke that has served as his firm's headquarters for 15 years
4/23/1992
Family passion: Ivor Samuel, 83, of Willowdale holds model made from tin cans he crafted for his son 30 years ago
Family passion: Ivor Samuel, 83, of Willowdale holds model made from tin cans he crafted for his son 30 years ago
8/15/1992
A bylaw is being broken by George Levitt in Etobicoke because he insists - and has done so since last April - on leaving his house-trailer in front of his Burnhamthorpe Rd
A bylaw is being broken by George Levitt in Etobicoke because he insists - and has done so since last April - on leaving his house-trailer in front of his Burnhamthorpe Rd
1/6/1973