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Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom
Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom

Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom

Date3/2/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0130885F
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Laurence Coward: The authority on pension planning says we should build on the fairly well-established arrangement we've got now rather than embarking on a revolution.
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Allan Horowitz: Metro chiropractor says long-distance drivers should stop and strech.
Allan Horowitz: Metro chiropractor says long-distance drivers should stop and strech.
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Building boss: Metro commissioner of economic development Doug Floyd admits to a feeling of nervousness when he contemplates the city's future, but, he says, Metro has taken great strides to avoid the fate of some large United States cities.
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Phasing out: University of Toronto professor Basil Kalymon says rent control in Ontario should be phased out.
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Dr. Erik Jorgensen, professor of forestry at the University of Toronto, stands under a gnarled oak tree at Avenue Rd. and St. Clair, an apartment high-rise in the background. New buildings are obliterating Toronto's sense of permanence and stability, he says, and the way to restore it is to cover the city with enduring trees.
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Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
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Economic sense: Consultant Eric Hellman says recycling boom is a product of business savy.
Economic sense: Consultant Eric Hellman says recycling boom is a product of business savy.
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Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
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