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Home Team: Ralph Baccilieri, right, with sons Ben and Frank and Silvana Palombo of the Metro area home-building firm of Palbac Developments.
Home Team: Ralph Baccilieri, right, with sons Ben and Frank and Silvana Palombo of the Metro area home-building firm of Palbac Developments.

Home Team: Ralph Baccilieri, right, with sons Ben and Frank and Silvana Palombo of the Metro area home-building firm of Palbac Developments.

Date5/16/1994
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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_0125132F
Bullder John Boddy likes to keep tabs on his developments from his own float plane, at left. Model home, below, is in his Forest Brook Estates, an enclave of 48 large lots backing on to a wooded ravine in Pickering.
Bullder John Boddy likes to keep tabs on his developments from his own float plane, at left. Model home, below, is in his Forest Brook Estates, an enclave of 48 large lots backing on to a wooded ravine in Pickering.
5/26/1992
Price projects: David Feldman, president of Camrost Developments Corp., sits near his two newest structures - the silver-colored Madison Centre office tower (right) and a condominium project, Residences of Madison Centre.
Price projects: David Feldman, president of Camrost Developments Corp., sits near his two newest structures - the silver-colored Madison Centre office tower (right) and a condominium project, Residences of Madison Centre.
7/21/1987
Watershed case: Frank DiFanfilo and wife Stephane Applo, who sought more room for their baby and DiFanfilo's sons, are charged with enlarging their small home in Norval near Silver Creek.
Watershed case: Frank DiFanfilo and wife Stephane Applo, who sought more room for their baby and DiFanfilo's sons, are charged with enlarging their small home in Norval near Silver Creek.
4/6/1992
Deprived of home: Frank and Mary Toth and sons James, 3, and Andrew, 1, sit crowded in the one-bedroom apartment loaned to them by a friend while a dispute between the builder and land developer means the Markham house they scrimped for hasn't even been started yet
Deprived of home: Frank and Mary Toth and sons James, 3, and Andrew, 1, sit crowded in the one-bedroom apartment loaned to them by a friend while a dispute between the builder and land developer means the Markham house they scrimped for hasn't even been started yet
9/15/1983
Fine work: Shashi Sharma, right, and his sons Nav, left, and Ben show off a Muslim prayer rug, one of the $8 million worth of oriental floor coverings their Indo-Persian Rug Co
Fine work: Shashi Sharma, right, and his sons Nav, left, and Ben show off a Muslim prayer rug, one of the $8 million worth of oriental floor coverings their Indo-Persian Rug Co
9/16/1988
Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
2/18/1977
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
3/12/1984
Daniel Kellerhals: Vice-president of the Federation of Swiss Watch Manufacturers says watchmakers in his country have have not marketed their products properly, despite technological developments
Daniel Kellerhals: Vice-president of the Federation of Swiss Watch Manufacturers says watchmakers in his country have have not marketed their products properly, despite technological developments
5/11/1981
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
11/4/1981
Official Liberal Candidate and winner in High Park, Walter Deakon, with wife and sons Tim, 10, and Tony, 8, was congratulated by all but one opponent: Ralph Cowan, cut off by the Liberal Party, ran badly but wouldn't concede he was defeated. This was a contest, Cowan replied bleakly.
Official Liberal Candidate and winner in High Park, Walter Deakon, with wife and sons Tim, 10, and Tony, 8, was congratulated by all but one opponent: Ralph Cowan, cut off by the Liberal Party, ran badly but wouldn't concede he was defeated. This was a contest, Cowan replied bleakly.
6/25/1968
John Blanchard, head of the Toronto Area Industrial Development Board, says there's little evidence that Quebec firms are checking out Toronto because of uneasiness over Quebec's sparatist government.
John Blanchard, head of the Toronto Area Industrial Development Board, says there's little evidence that Quebec firms are checking out Toronto because of uneasiness over Quebec's sparatist government.
11/30/1977
Hanging in: Audrey Reid and sons Mike, 2, and Steve, 5, take a stroll through the Brampton AHOP-development where they live.
Hanging in: Audrey Reid and sons Mike, 2, and Steve, 5, take a stroll through the Brampton AHOP-development where they live.
11/12/1981