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No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts
No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts

No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts

Date7/9/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts.; but it is hoped to preserve them to incorporate them into the Simpson Tower which is to be built on the site in the near future.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110569F
Bank figures add up beautifully, The classical stone figures on the old Toronto-Dominion bank at King and Bay Sts
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Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
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Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
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6/15/1965
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One wrong move could have been fatal to Marion Niewada, who was working on a scaffold that stuck 400 feet up the Simpson Tower at Queen and Bay Sts
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12/29/1969
Romain building changes hands. Above is a photograph of the Romain building, 83 to 91 King St. W., which to-day figures in one of the large down-town (...)
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It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
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The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry
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