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Photograph of a high rise apartment building with tree in front (black and white).
High lifestyle : highrise towers are a common sight in Metro's suburbs
Photograph of a high rise apartment building with tree in front (black and white).

High lifestyle : highrise towers are a common sight in Metro's suburbs

Date1984
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Original caption: "High lifestyle: Highrise towers are a common sight in Metro's suburbs".
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Flemingdon Park
Province or state:Ontario
Medium
Dimensions36 cm x 22 cm (14 3/16 in. x 8 11/16 in.)
Extent
  • 1 photograph
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archive.
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright - Toronto Star Licence (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-1-G-462d-FLEMINGDON005
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
5,000 Metro-area muslims at prayers, About 5,000 Muslims from Metro and the suburbs gathered this morning in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place to offer(...)
5,000 Metro-area muslims at prayers, About 5,000 Muslims from Metro and the suburbs gathered this morning in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place to offer(...)
12/2/1976
Liberal landslide. Robert Kaplan escaped the Liberal massacre in Metro suburbs yesterday, polling over half of all votes cast in York Centre
Liberal landslide. Robert Kaplan escaped the Liberal massacre in Metro suburbs yesterday, polling over half of all votes cast in York Centre
5/22/1979
Metro has 150,000 German-Canadians but you'd never know it - most of them have prospered and scattered to suburbs
Metro has 150,000 German-Canadians but you'd never know it - most of them have prospered and scattered to suburbs
4/5/1975
Belt line map shewing northern suburbs of Toronto
Belt line map shewing northern suburbs of Toronto
1890
Map of the city of Toronto & suburbs
Map of the city of Toronto & suburbs
1902
Number II of The directory for the city ahd suburbs of Quebec, containing the names of the housekeepers, their various avocations...&c., &c., to which(...)
Number II of The directory for the city ahd suburbs of Quebec, containing the names of the housekeepers, their various avocations...&c., &c., to which(...)
1791
Image Not Available for House in new suburbs
House in new suburbs
Approximately 1912
Lloyd's map of greater Toronto and suburbs
Lloyd's map of greater Toronto and suburbs
1923
Hart & Rawlinson's Map of the City of Toronto, with Suburbs of Yorkville, Parkdale, Seaton Village, Brockton, and Ben-Lamond
Hart & Rawlinson's Map of the City of Toronto, with Suburbs of Yorkville, Parkdale, Seaton Village, Brockton, and Ben-Lamond
1878
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
2/22/1974
Out in the Suburbs, the National Parole Service takes its work to its customers, many of whom are white-collar criminals. Here parole officer Ray Belcourt and assistant district supervisor Yvonne Mason check files in North York.
Out in the Suburbs, the National Parole Service takes its work to its customers, many of whom are white-collar criminals. Here parole officer Ray Belcourt and assistant district supervisor Yvonne Mason check files in North York.
4/22/1976