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Craziness pays: At first, Hy Lewis thought his daughter was crazy to buy out his old stores' owners
Craziness pays: At first, Hy Lewis thought his daughter was crazy to buy out his old stores' owners

Craziness pays: At first, Hy Lewis thought his daughter was crazy to buy out his old stores' owners

Date3/20/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129434F
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
1/29/1989
We're all owners here, says Ronald Field, here outside the family's co-operative apartment building on Main St. with his wife Mary and daughter, Florence. When superintendent stopped cleaning, the Fields did it.
We're all owners here, says Ronald Field, here outside the family's co-operative apartment building on Main St. with his wife Mary and daughter, Florence. When superintendent stopped cleaning, the Fields did it.
9/28/1977
Business goes flat: Bloor Cycle owner Michael Shulman says traffic at his downtown location and the proliferation of bike shops contributed to his store's demise
Business goes flat: Bloor Cycle owner Michael Shulman says traffic at his downtown location and the proliferation of bike shops contributed to his store's demise
5/11/1990
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977
Best books: Owner Richard Bachmann stands in his Burlington book store, Different Drummer Books, which has a reputation as one of the best book stores in Canada.
Best books: Owner Richard Bachmann stands in his Burlington book store, Different Drummer Books, which has a reputation as one of the best book stores in Canada.
11/12/1987
You can't win 'em all: New York gadfly Lewis Gilbert (above) gave in graciously to the fact that he got little response to questions he fired at Dominion Stores president John Toma (below) at its annual shareholders' meeting yesterday
You can't win 'em all: New York gadfly Lewis Gilbert (above) gave in graciously to the fact that he got little response to questions he fired at Dominion Stores president John Toma (below) at its annual shareholders' meeting yesterday
7/16/1984
Getting clipped, Martin Lewis, 77, gets his hair cut by Pasquale Guerriero, owner of Pasquaie Barber Shop at the corner of McCaul and D'Arcy sts.
Getting clipped, Martin Lewis, 77, gets his hair cut by Pasquale Guerriero, owner of Pasquaie Barber Shop at the corner of McCaul and D'Arcy sts.
1/6/1993
Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
3/15/1982
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
12/23/1977
New controversy: Michael Sifton, owner of the Buttonville Airport, says his family is no longer willing to fund operating losses while owners of neighboring land make millions developing offices
New controversy: Michael Sifton, owner of the Buttonville Airport, says his family is no longer willing to fund operating losses while owners of neighboring land make millions developing offices
10/17/1988
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
Teaching history and bookkeeping grosses Michael Crawford $10,000 a year - far less than industry pays men with his training and experience.
Teaching history and bookkeeping grosses Michael Crawford $10,000 a year - far less than industry pays men with his training and experience.
2/25/1967