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Manulife: One up, more coming. The bulldozer and the wrecking ball are busy clearing the site in the Bay-Bloor area of Toronto for extension of the Ma(...)
Manulife: One up, more coming. The bulldozer and the wrecking ball are busy clearing the site in the Bay-Bloor area of Toronto for extension of the Ma(...)

Manulife: One up, more coming. The bulldozer and the wrecking ball are busy clearing the site in the Bay-Bloor area of Toronto for extension of the Ma(...)

Date11/8/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Manulife: One up; more coming. The bulldozer and the wrecking ball are busy clearing the site in the Bay-Bloor area of Toronto for extension of the Manulife (Manufacturers Life) Centre. Back-grounding this activity is a completed portion of the centre-the 51-storey Manulife apartment building on Charles St.; tallest apartment structure outside Chicago.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110122F
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Seven-storey brick building with worn, white paint, missing balcony rails and windows. Affixed ...
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