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Present from past: Sandy Thain stands outside the luxury home he created by dismantling two historic 19th century log homes and rebuilding them into a $375,000 luxury dwelling overlooking the Kleinburg golf course
Present from past: Sandy Thain stands outside the luxury home he created by dismantling two historic 19th century log homes and rebuilding them into a $375,000 luxury dwelling overlooking the Kleinburg golf course

Present from past: Sandy Thain stands outside the luxury home he created by dismantling two historic 19th century log homes and rebuilding them into a $375,000 luxury dwelling overlooking the Kleinburg golf course

Date8/24/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134774F
Among grand homes of 19th-century company presidents on Queen's Park Crescent, stands No
Among grand homes of 19th-century company presidents on Queen's Park Crescent, stands No
4/14/1975
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
4/2/1992
Luxury Homes costing up to $170,000 sit on 55-foot lots in a new Etobicoke subdivision
Luxury Homes costing up to $170,000 sit on 55-foot lots in a new Etobicoke subdivision
5/27/1976
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
2/25/1985
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
2/25/1985
Thain. A man who helped rescue a family of three from the Grand River near Cayuga says he can't stop thinking about the incident. It's a strange feeling. Every time I think about it I get this rush, Gordon Thain said in an interview at his Queen St. E. home yesterday. [Incomplete]
Thain. A man who helped rescue a family of three from the Grand River near Cayuga says he can't stop thinking about the incident. It's a strange feeling. Every time I think about it I get this rush, Gordon Thain said in an interview at his Queen St. E. home yesterday. [Incomplete]
6/8/1987
The late Paul Keller, a Toronto engineer, renovated this minister's home of the 1840s to turn a bleak shell into luxury home, Mrs. K.L. Reading, the p(...)
The late Paul Keller, a Toronto engineer, renovated this minister's home of the 1840s to turn a bleak shell into luxury home, Mrs. K.L. Reading, the p(...)
10/29/1966
Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
5/28/1974
Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75,000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday(...)
Dragged from his doorway after he tried to block sheriff's officers from evicting his family from their $75,000 luxury home near Buttonville yesterday(...)
3/25/1971
Luxury Closed-In Pool on the property of industrialist Charles Rathgeb's Teddington Park home is examined by a workman after it developed into the cen(...)
Luxury Closed-In Pool on the property of industrialist Charles Rathgeb's Teddington Park home is examined by a workman after it developed into the cen(...)
5/14/1970
There are seldom extras or luxuries on the dinner table at the home of Sam and Jean Schott, who, with their four children, live in an Ontario Housing project on Kingston Rd
There are seldom extras or luxuries on the dinner table at the home of Sam and Jean Schott, who, with their four children, live in an Ontario Housing project on Kingston Rd
4/8/1974
Clockmaker Frank Maw of Buttonville and son Derek examine the grandfather's clock they created with antique wood and a 19th-century design
Clockmaker Frank Maw of Buttonville and son Derek examine the grandfather's clock they created with antique wood and a 19th-century design
3/10/1972