Happie spokesman David DePoe leans on speaker's rostrum at City Hall yesterday trying to persuade city works committee to close Yorkville Ave. on a tr(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Happie spokesman David DePoe leans on speaker's rostrum at City Hall yesterday trying to persuade city works committee to close Yorkville Ave. on a trial basis. He got some sympathy but no support from committee, which voted down the proposal despite a supporting petition from 30 merchants and 75 residents of the area.