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Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts
Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts

Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts

Date12/2/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Almost 4;000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts.--in conditions which have deteriorated to slum life since the government first turned the area into low rental housing with high hopes of solving a major social problem. But now the Ontario Housing Corporation has advanced plans it hopes will improve life for the residents.
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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_0113706F
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
12/30/1968
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
6/2/1970
Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
11/20/1968
Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
12/2/1968
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
4/14/1967
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Housing - Public - Regent Park
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Housing - Public - Regent Park
n.d.
Massive public housing projects in big cities, like Toronto's Regent Park (above) were criticized
Massive public housing projects in big cities, like Toronto's Regent Park (above) were criticized
11/20/1968
Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
5/8/1992
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
11/20/1968
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
12/7/1968
Try as he might, Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home
Try as he might, Dick Birch just cannot escape his Regent Park South home
12/3/1968
More forest hill people now live in apartments than houses, this row is on Eglinton Ave
More forest hill people now live in apartments than houses, this row is on Eglinton Ave
n.d.