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A good place to preserve: Alan Schwam, a town planner who grew up in Kensington, chats with children on Oxford St
A good place to preserve: Alan Schwam, a town planner who grew up in Kensington, chats with children on Oxford St

A good place to preserve: Alan Schwam, a town planner who grew up in Kensington, chats with children on Oxford St

Date7/23/1969
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133458F
Friend of Spadina: Allan Schwam, 54, a lifelong resident of the Kensington area and a veteran of the 1970s campaign to stop the Spadina expressway, stands on the site of a new battle - the proposed $50 million Spadina rail line
Friend of Spadina: Allan Schwam, 54, a lifelong resident of the Kensington area and a veteran of the 1970s campaign to stop the Spadina expressway, stands on the site of a new battle - the proposed $50 million Spadina rail line
10/31/1986
Alan Schwam. School board wants his home
Alan Schwam. School board wants his home
6/12/1970
Ontario motor league head office on Carlton St. is a brighter place since systems planner Alan Fergus, with son and daughter, Paul and Shawn, redecorated it. His wife and son and daughter-in-law also took part in teh $50,000 six-month project.
Ontario motor league head office on Carlton St. is a brighter place since systems planner Alan Fergus, with son and daughter, Paul and Shawn, redecorated it. His wife and son and daughter-in-law also took part in teh $50,000 six-month project.
5/17/1977
Ken Challis (left) of Mississauga and his wife, Lee, are reunited with his brother, Ernie, who didn't even know Ken existed. Ken, who grew up in foster homes, knew he bad a brother and sister but didn't know where they were. A chance conversation in the town offices enabled him to meet his sister-in-law.
Ken Challis (left) of Mississauga and his wife, Lee, are reunited with his brother, Ernie, who didn't even know Ken existed. Ken, who grew up in foster homes, knew he bad a brother and sister but didn't know where they were. A chance conversation in the town offices enabled him to meet his sister-in-law.
12/6/1973
Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
10/2/1979
City Planner Alan Lit looks over a model of the St
City Planner Alan Lit looks over a model of the St
4/5/1976
On the bench: Provincial Court Judge John Smith chats with student Stace Gurr, 15, during a break in a mock drunk-driving trial held yesterday at Mayfield Secondary School in the Town of Caledon
On the bench: Provincial Court Judge John Smith chats with student Stace Gurr, 15, during a break in a mock drunk-driving trial held yesterday at Mayfield Secondary School in the Town of Caledon
5/16/1986
Good times: Peter Ely, executive director of the Easter Seals Society, chats with Jeremy Davis, 12, and Colleen McKane, 11, yesterday at the ninth annual telethon.
Good times: Peter Ely, executive director of the Easter Seals Society, chats with Jeremy Davis, 12, and Colleen McKane, 11, yesterday at the ninth annual telethon.
3/3/1991
He was there: Joe McNamara, right, formerly a homeless alcoholic and now a tireless downtown street worker, chats with Red Dog, 52, who sleeps on Toronto's warm air grates
He was there: Joe McNamara, right, formerly a homeless alcoholic and now a tireless downtown street worker, chats with Red Dog, 52, who sleeps on Toronto's warm air grates
1/20/1992
Street talk: Social worker Stan Chong, centre, chats with Stewart, left, and Stephen at video parior in Scarborough. Chong's job is to cruise the city's youth hangouts in search of the unemployed who have either been forgotten by the system or have simply opted out. Once he locates them, he advises them on how to go about finding a job.
Street talk: Social worker Stan Chong, centre, chats with Stewart, left, and Stephen at video parior in Scarborough. Chong's job is to cruise the city's youth hangouts in search of the unemployed who have either been forgotten by the system or have simply opted out. Once he locates them, he advises them on how to go about finding a job.
2/22/1984
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
5/28/1971
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
3/23/1978