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Barry Lyon has converted a former body rub parlor into an office - and he's out to transfrom the Yonge St
Barry Lyon has converted a former body rub parlor into an office - and he's out to transfrom the Yonge St

Barry Lyon has converted a former body rub parlor into an office - and he's out to transfrom the Yonge St

Date3/30/1978
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064114F
A hot time in the body-rub parlor, A mattress fire in the Pleasure Palace Body Rub Parlor and Peep Show on Elm St
A hot time in the body-rub parlor, A mattress fire in the Pleasure Palace Body Rub Parlor and Peep Show on Elm St
3/11/1975
Private meetings hammered out proposals for new body-rub regulations which might assuage the voter but would be impossible or ridiculous to enforce, says former parlor manager Ted Greenslade
Private meetings hammered out proposals for new body-rub regulations which might assuage the voter but would be impossible or ridiculous to enforce, says former parlor manager Ted Greenslade
9/3/1975
Metro's sex trade is in a slump but Arnold Linetsky opened a body rub parlor on Yonge St
Metro's sex trade is in a slump but Arnold Linetsky opened a body rub parlor on Yonge St
11/12/1974
A touch law regulating body-rub parlors was passed by Metro Council yesterday
A touch law regulating body-rub parlors was passed by Metro Council yesterday
8/26/1975
Marchers assemble at Queen's Park during recent rally against body rub shops on Yonge St
Marchers assemble at Queen's Park during recent rally against body rub shops on Yonge St
8/3/1977
He's of 'the firebrand's' line. Meet William Lyon Mackenzie King IV, who came onto the scene last Friday, but as yet has worked up no interest in the election. The 7-pound, 9-ounce descendant of 'firebrand' William Lyon Mackenzie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M. King, a great nephew of Canada's long-time prime minister, and grandson of Surgeon-Lt. King, who went down with the destroyer HMCS St. Croix during World War II.
He's of 'the firebrand's' line. Meet William Lyon Mackenzie King IV, who came onto the scene last Friday, but as yet has worked up no interest in the election. The 7-pound, 9-ounce descendant of 'firebrand' William Lyon Mackenzie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M. King, a great nephew of Canada's long-time prime minister, and grandson of Surgeon-Lt. King, who went down with the destroyer HMCS St. Croix during World War II.
9/28/1965
In Pugh, 24, owner of a motorcycle shop in Agin- has no doubt he'll be millionaire by the time he's ugh told students yesterday at his alma mater, Victoria Park Secondary School, how he converted a $15,000 loss in his first year of business into a profit
In Pugh, 24, owner of a motorcycle shop in Agin- has no doubt he'll be millionaire by the time he's ugh told students yesterday at his alma mater, Victoria Park Secondary School, how he converted a $15,000 loss in his first year of business into a profit
1/17/1978
Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''
Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''
2/11/1949
Now he's Joe Junior, Alderman Joe Piccininni rubs his eyes in exhaustion last night after being topped at the polls in Toronto's Ward 3 by incumbent
Now he's Joe Junior, Alderman Joe Piccininni rubs his eyes in exhaustion last night after being topped at the polls in Toronto's Ward 3 by incumbent
11/8/1982
Body rub operator Arnold Linetsky. His arguments rubbed council committee right way
Body rub operator Arnold Linetsky. His arguments rubbed council committee right way
11/12/1994
Brian Cotterell's not camera shy, he's just showing off some of the 53 designs he has tattooed on his body
Brian Cotterell's not camera shy, he's just showing off some of the 53 designs he has tattooed on his body
4/2/1990
Before and after. Architect A. J. Diamond stands on the rooftop of Berkeley Castle, which he converted to offices. The building, shown unrenovated, housed Toronto's Toronto's first knitting mill
Before and after. Architect A. J. Diamond stands on the rooftop of Berkeley Castle, which he converted to offices. The building, shown unrenovated, housed Toronto's Toronto's first knitting mill
7/16/1985