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Tall Buildings downtown can increase wind velocity, as Cliff Whiten and daughter Megan discovered on a Toronto street
Tall Buildings downtown can increase wind velocity, as Cliff Whiten and daughter Megan discovered on a Toronto street

Tall Buildings downtown can increase wind velocity, as Cliff Whiten and daughter Megan discovered on a Toronto street

Date1/9/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tall Buildings downtown can increase wind velocity; as Cliff Whiten and daughter Megan discovered on a Toronto street. The way we build cities can alter temperatures; increase of precipitation.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015510F
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