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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
North-south street:Bayview Avenue
Province or state:Ontario
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0056186F