What a parking lot! Walter Oster (left), one of the owners of the proposed new Admiral Hotel and Admiralty Point condominiums, and costumed Ernie Ryle(...)

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What a parking lot! Walter Oster (left), one of the owners of the proposed new Admiral Hotel and Admiralty Point condominiums, and costumed Ernie Ryle(...)

Date5/22/1984

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Oster, Walter (subject)

Stuparyk, Michael (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: What a parking lot! Walter Oster (left), one of the owners of the proposed new Admiral Hotel and Admiralty Point condominiums, and costumed Ernie Ryles eye a model of the $34 million complex planned for Harborfront on what is now a parking lot. The complex is expected to open in the summer of 1986.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072008F

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