Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)

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Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)

Date8/24/1967

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Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall; where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets. They waited until Mayor Dennison arrived this morning and presented him with 1;184-name petition urging Yorkville Ave. be closed to cars at night for a trial period.

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