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Woman and man smile at each other while jointly holding a Canadian one dollar bill. In the back ...
Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, East York, Toronto, Ontario.
Woman and man smile at each other while jointly holding a Canadian one dollar bill. In the background, the remaining seven-storeys of a dilapidated high-rise building is seen, with hollowed porches and windows and much of the brick façade revealed where the light coloured paint has worn off.

Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, East York, Toronto, Ontario.

Date6/5/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: The first buck: It was her idea, so it's only fitting that Star columnist Lynda Hurst should present East York Mayor Alan Redway with the first dollar in the buck-a-brick campaign to demolish the Bayview Ghost.

Image published in Toronto Star, 7 June 1981, page A3, to illustrate article, "Betting a buck a brick may get rid of ghost".

Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:East York (Toronto, Ontario)||Leaside (Toronto, Ontario)
North-south street:Bayview Avenue
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0056186F
In the foreground, cement blocks and steel rods form a pile of construction rubble. Beyond the ...
Bayview Ghost apartment building demolition, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
11/3/1981
Man wearing suit and hardhat smiles as he rests sledgehammer over shoulder and holds up brick; ...
'Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
6/11/1981
Small group of reporters hold microphones toward multi-level building being demolished by wreck ...
'Bayview Ghost' apartment building demolition, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
10/30/1981
In foreground, man in suit with dark rimmed glasses looks toward camera while holding up buildi ...
'Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
6/2/1975
Seen beyond a wire fence supported by wooden beams on unmown grassy land, is a six-storey brick ...
Bayview Ghost' apartment building, Bayview Avenue, west side, between Pottery Road and Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario
8/19/1969
Seven-storey brick building with worn, white paint, missing balcony rails and windows. Affixed ...
Desk: Workmen are busy boarding up and taking safety precautions at that 'ghost building' on Bayview Extension we wrote about last week. All the balcony windows from top to bottom have been boarded for the first time anyone can remember. It is the result of our story. Why don't we send a photographer up and take some pics of this being done? Earl McRae
9/3/1969
Image shows a road and tracks view in winter.
Pottery Rd. (old road), looking west from Pottery Rd. (now Bayview Ave.); C.P.R. tracks n. of Nesbitt Drive at left, Toronto, Ontario
2/19/1955
Image shows a road view with some trees on both sides.
Pottery Rd. (old road), looking west from Pottery Rd. (now Bayview Ave.); C.P.R. tracks north of Nesbitt Drive at left, Toronto, Ontario
1951
Apartment house, Yonge Street, east side, between Blythwood Road and Strathgowan Avenue, Toront ...
Apartment house, Yonge Street, east side, between Blythwood Road and Strathgowan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
1981-10
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Apartments - Bayview Extension
6/11/1981