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New look: Robert Sage, President of Sage Hotel Corp., is sprucing up his Howard Johnson hotels in Ontario.
New look: Robert Sage, President of Sage Hotel Corp., is sprucing up his Howard Johnson hotels in Ontario.

New look: Robert Sage, President of Sage Hotel Corp., is sprucing up his Howard Johnson hotels in Ontario.

Date2/14/1990
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133208F
Looking back: Applewood's Dennis Mills and Robert Sage stand in front of the birthplace of James Shaver Woodsworth, founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Looking back: Applewood's Dennis Mills and Robert Sage stand in front of the birthplace of James Shaver Woodsworth, founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
8/27/1987
Showing how his wares work - almost all at the same time - is Ballon King Otto Bishof. He estimates he'll sell about 50,000 balloons and about 30,000 party hats, horns, noise-makers, bells and whistles to bring in the New Year. After 11 years in the business, he says he still has a lot of fun. Bischof also rents out canisters of helium gas to fill balloons, and he and staff also decorate some hotels for the festivities.
Showing how his wares work - almost all at the same time - is Ballon King Otto Bishof. He estimates he'll sell about 50,000 balloons and about 30,000 party hats, horns, noise-makers, bells and whistles to bring in the New Year. After 11 years in the business, he says he still has a lot of fun. Bischof also rents out canisters of helium gas to fill balloons, and he and staff also decorate some hotels for the festivities.
12/29/1977
Progress check: Two of the partners in Telfer's Tower Club (Hotels) Ltd., Kerry Baskey, left, and Robert Hanson, inspect the work being done on their luxury hotel on the 28th and 29th floor of the 69-storey Scotia Plaza, being built at King and Bay Sts.
Progress check: Two of the partners in Telfer's Tower Club (Hotels) Ltd., Kerry Baskey, left, and Robert Hanson, inspect the work being done on their luxury hotel on the 28th and 29th floor of the 69-storey Scotia Plaza, being built at King and Bay Sts.
8/23/1988
The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in
The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in
10/21/1974
The Chelsea Inn: Bill Pattison (left) and his Delta Hotels group was hired to turn a bankrupt development into an economy hotel
The Chelsea Inn: Bill Pattison (left) and his Delta Hotels group was hired to turn a bankrupt development into an economy hotel
10/29/1985
Clothier Cy Mann, centre, went outside ot march with the Toronto Signal Corps brass band during one of champagen parties which marked the opening of his new store in the Four Seasons-Sheraton Hotel
Clothier Cy Mann, centre, went outside ot march with the Toronto Signal Corps brass band during one of champagen parties which marked the opening of his new store in the Four Seasons-Sheraton Hotel
3/28/1973
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
3/19/1976
Cleaning up: Gary Rochon wears a white laboratory coat and white gloves to clean the chandelier in the Royal York Hotel's concert hall
Cleaning up: Gary Rochon wears a white laboratory coat and white gloves to clean the chandelier in the Royal York Hotel's concert hall
9/2/1988
Rene Highway, choreographer of The Sage, The Dancer And The Fool, a Native Earth production that opens at Native Canadian Centre Feb. 8, scored 12 out of 15 on quiz
Rene Highway, choreographer of The Sage, The Dancer And The Fool, a Native Earth production that opens at Native Canadian Centre Feb. 8, scored 12 out of 15 on quiz
1/21/1989
Sage advice, Mr. Condom - also known as Louis Taffo - talks to San Diego Bruno yesterday on St. Clair Ave. W. Taffo, who was handling out condoms and (...)
Sage advice, Mr. Condom - also known as Louis Taffo - talks to San Diego Bruno yesterday on St. Clair Ave. W. Taffo, who was handling out condoms and (...)
10/15/1990
L'opini?tre,* ou, Les jeunes têtes ne sont pas les plus sages
L'opini?tre,* ou, Les jeunes têtes ne sont pas les plus sages
1829
Pictures and knowledge : pretty pages, to make all good little folks as wise as sages, showing them all about every thing, their food, their clothing, and their homes
Pictures and knowledge : pretty pages, to make all good little folks as wise as sages, showing them all about every thing, their food, their clothing, and their homes
1862