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Booming Chinatown: Developer Tim Man (above) points to a model of Chinatown Centre, to be built by 1987.
Booming Chinatown: Developer Tim Man (above) points to a model of Chinatown Centre, to be built by 1987.

Booming Chinatown: Developer Tim Man (above) points to a model of Chinatown Centre, to be built by 1987.

Date4/23/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130417F
Building the future: Developer Joseph So, above left with designer Jick Chan, looks over the model of a $45 million corporate centre proposed for Scarborough
Building the future: Developer Joseph So, above left with designer Jick Chan, looks over the model of a $45 million corporate centre proposed for Scarborough
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Finer points: York professor Wally Crowston, left, co-ordinator of the university's $1.3 million Canadian International Development Agency program, shows Aiang Teng, centre, and Yisong Tian the finer points of economics and management. The two will return soon to teach in China.
Finer points: York professor Wally Crowston, left, co-ordinator of the university's $1.3 million Canadian International Development Agency program, shows Aiang Teng, centre, and Yisong Tian the finer points of economics and management. The two will return soon to teach in China.
1/6/1986
En route to space? Jim Middleton emphasizes on a model the finer points of the space station that Canada may have a major part in if Ottawa approves a major space plan now under consideration by a cabinet committee
En route to space? Jim Middleton emphasizes on a model the finer points of the space station that Canada may have a major part in if Ottawa approves a major space plan now under consideration by a cabinet committee
2/6/1986
Enthusiastic car dealer Gord Townrow points to copy of American Motor's new warrantly pasted on window of a 1972 model
Enthusiastic car dealer Gord Townrow points to copy of American Motor's new warrantly pasted on window of a 1972 model
2/3/1972
New man in town: ralph Medjuck, a Halifax developer, is the man behind the $200 million Yonge-Richmond Centre, a combination office tower and luxury hotel now under construction
New man in town: ralph Medjuck, a Halifax developer, is the man behind the $200 million Yonge-Richmond Centre, a combination office tower and luxury hotel now under construction
6/23/1989
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
9/16/1982
Make-up-man: Jurgen Schemmer of Sonora Cosemitcs Inc. says his firm's sales are booming.
Make-up-man: Jurgen Schemmer of Sonora Cosemitcs Inc. says his firm's sales are booming.
6/18/1982
Man shot in Chinatown, A man is carried from theTin Tin Restaurant, on Dundas St
Man shot in Chinatown, A man is carried from theTin Tin Restaurant, on Dundas St
2/1/1994
Explosion killed one man and injured three others in a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown early today
Explosion killed one man and injured three others in a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown early today
5/4/1977
Three suspects in the weekend Chinatown shooting that left one man dead and two wounded were brought to Metro last night after being arrested near Sau(...)
Three suspects in the weekend Chinatown shooting that left one man dead and two wounded were brought to Metro last night after being arrested near Sau(...)
9/20/1983
Busy street: Chinatown, above, was pinpointed in a recent investigation of a rash of pickpocketing that tipped police to the smuggling of illegal immigrants
Busy street: Chinatown, above, was pinpointed in a recent investigation of a rash of pickpocketing that tipped police to the smuggling of illegal immigrants
9/5/1986
Zoning proposals are not a threat to Chinatown area, above, reader claims below
Zoning proposals are not a threat to Chinatown area, above, reader claims below
3/9/1977