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Jack Jones, chief engineer for the Harbor Commission, wants to turn the city's central waterfront into a people place by creating more parks and beaches with landfill dumped into the city's harbor
Jack Jones, chief engineer for the Harbor Commission, wants to turn the city's central waterfront into a people place by creating more parks and beaches with landfill dumped into the city's harbor

Jack Jones, chief engineer for the Harbor Commission, wants to turn the city's central waterfront into a people place by creating more parks and beaches with landfill dumped into the city's harbor

Date5/19/1972
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128803F
On the waterfront: Paul Sherwood sits in front of one his passenger ferries, the Caledonia, at the city's harbor
On the waterfront: Paul Sherwood sits in front of one his passenger ferries, the Caledonia, at the city's harbor
6/5/1991
Looking at Beautiful Boats enjoyable Pastime at Marina, Toronto harbor is opening up more each year for the city's popular sports, boating
Looking at Beautiful Boats enjoyable Pastime at Marina, Toronto harbor is opening up more each year for the city's popular sports, boating
7/8/1971
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
4/14/1967
Blowing up a storm of leaves, If you ever wonder who and how they rake up leaves in High Park just follow Jim Warner and Jim Forsythe of city's parks and recreation department
Blowing up a storm of leaves, If you ever wonder who and how they rake up leaves in High Park just follow Jim Warner and Jim Forsythe of city's parks and recreation department
11/15/1977
Autumn leaves. In picturesque surroundings, Aldo Vretenar of the city's department of parks is busy crushing the leaves that have fallen early this ye(...)
Autumn leaves. In picturesque surroundings, Aldo Vretenar of the city's department of parks is busy crushing the leaves that have fallen early this ye(...)
11/5/1992
Greeted by a crowd of more than 10:000 persons in Montreal's Central Station: the city's former mayor: Camillien Houde speaks after release from internment
Greeted by a crowd of more than 10:000 persons in Montreal's Central Station: the city's former mayor: Camillien Houde speaks after release from internment
8/19/1944
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
3/23/1983
Sandbags guard eastern beaches, Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle, Merry Christmas, along a sandbag wall built by the city parks (...)
Sandbags guard eastern beaches, Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle, Merry Christmas, along a sandbag wall built by the city parks (...)
9 March 1973
People place: The city's main square boasts a collection of outdoor artists, sidewalk cafes and boutiques
People place: The city's main square boasts a collection of outdoor artists, sidewalk cafes and boutiques
8/27/1987
Opposing views: Mayor Art Eggleton (far left) favors housing on Port of Toronto lands (above) but harbor commission chairman Betty Disero wants to keep the area industrial
Opposing views: Mayor Art Eggleton (far left) favors housing on Port of Toronto lands (above) but harbor commission chairman Betty Disero wants to keep the area industrial
1/17/1985
Plans unveiled: City planner Bryce Jordan displays the new $12-million plan for Port Whitby harbor, which provides for a mix of parks and open space with residential and industrial enclaves
Plans unveiled: City planner Bryce Jordan displays the new $12-million plan for Port Whitby harbor, which provides for a mix of parks and open space with residential and industrial enclaves
3/22/1988
Image shows tugboat passing through the icy lake.
Sheathed in icicles, the bow of the Toronto Harbor Commission tug William Rest batters through the ice along the Toronto harbor waterfront. Harbor mus(...)
1/12/1971