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The costs went higher than planned for Expo's famed futuristic living environment, Habitat, with 158 apartments costing about $110,000 each, auditors say
The costs went higher than planned for Expo's famed futuristic living environment, Habitat, with 158 apartments costing about $110,000 each, auditors say

The costs went higher than planned for Expo's famed futuristic living environment, Habitat, with 158 apartments costing about $110,000 each, auditors say

Date3/27/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: The costs went higher than planned for Expo's famed futuristic living environment; Habitat; with 158 apartments costing about $110;000 each; auditors say.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006137F
Each habitat house has one or more private gardens like this on the roof
Each habitat house has one or more private gardens like this on the roof
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This is where Cathy lives, in an apartment city built outside the Expo grounds for the hosts and hostesses who work thre in the pavilions of more than(...)
This is where Cathy lives, in an apartment city built outside the Expo grounds for the hosts and hostesses who work thre in the pavilions of more than(...)
6/11/1970
Expo 70 in Osaka serves as aprofound warning of the future state of the Japanese environment, claims Malcolm Fitz-Earle in accompanying letter. Fitz-Earle was host at Canadian Pavilion
Expo 70 in Osaka serves as aprofound warning of the future state of the Japanese environment, claims Malcolm Fitz-Earle in accompanying letter. Fitz-Earle was host at Canadian Pavilion
12/8/1970
Up goes price of firewood, Firewood costs have jumped better than 10 per cent in the past year and could go higher, Metro retailers say. One of the bi(...)
Up goes price of firewood, Firewood costs have jumped better than 10 per cent in the past year and could go higher, Metro retailers say. One of the bi(...)
11/29/1974
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
10/29/1970
There are far better places to visit than Ontario Place, above, reader says, which offer much more at a fraction of the cost
There are far better places to visit than Ontario Place, above, reader says, which offer much more at a fraction of the cost
5/24/1971
Habitat's concrete girders are really sidewalks in sky
Habitat's concrete girders are really sidewalks in sky
12/15/1966
Practising up so they'll be able to tell the world about Ontario at Expo 70 in Japan, Ontario pavilion guides Frank Foulkes, Judy Kobayashi and Karen (...)
Practising up so they'll be able to tell the world about Ontario at Expo 70 in Japan, Ontario pavilion guides Frank Foulkes, Judy Kobayashi and Karen (...)
2/19/1969
Adding it up: To compare U.S. and Canadian systems, says analyst Leon Muszynski, you have to factor in higher U.S. costs for medical care
Adding it up: To compare U.S. and Canadian systems, says analyst Leon Muszynski, you have to factor in higher U.S. costs for medical care
9/2/1987
When the chips are down: Potato chips manufacturer Peter Margie says high potato prices set by marketing boards, higher production costs and duties make it difficult for him to compete against the Americans
When the chips are down: Potato chips manufacturer Peter Margie says high potato prices set by marketing boards, higher production costs and duties make it difficult for him to compete against the Americans
11/1/1991
Subjects of aduit: Retirement party for Ontario Science Centre's Tuzo Wilson (left) and certain practices of Commissioner Archie Ferguson's Ontario Provincial Police went under auditor's microscope
Subjects of aduit: Retirement party for Ontario Science Centre's Tuzo Wilson (left) and certain practices of Commissioner Archie Ferguson's Ontario Provincial Police went under auditor's microscope
3/29/1985
Arising from the ashes of Expo is this year's Man and his world exhibition, to be staged on the Expo site by the city Montreal. Though it is not an ap(...)
Arising from the ashes of Expo is this year's Man and his world exhibition, to be staged on the Expo site by the city Montreal. Though it is not an ap(...)
3/21/1968