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Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple, A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed
Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple, A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed

Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple, A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed

Date7/6/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple; A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018344F
      The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
      The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
      Beaty, Keith
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      Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
      Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
      Lennon, Frank
      11/16/1983
      The fight to save the original 130-year-old manse of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church appears to depend on whether Black Creek Pioneer Village ca(...)
      The fight to save the original 130-year-old manse of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church appears to depend on whether Black Creek Pioneer Village ca(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1977
      Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
      Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
      Bezant, Graham
      2/12/1969
      Black and white aerial photograph of a large city with skyscrapers.
      Downtown Toronto - 100 years old
      Airmaps Limited (Toronto, Ont.)
      1934
      Keeping the wolf from the door, Inga Britt has lost 22 lambs to coyotes at her farm on the Ninth Line in Mississauga and is so determined to save the (...)
      Keeping the wolf from the door, Inga Britt has lost 22 lambs to coyotes at her farm on the Ninth Line in Mississauga and is so determined to save the (...)
      Calleja, Frank
      7/29/1985
      Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
      Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
      Slaughter, Mike
      11/28/1986
      Donald Moore, who is 100 years old, has spent a lifetime struggling for the rights of blacks in Toronto
      Donald Moore, who is 100 years old, has spent a lifetime struggling for the rights of blacks in Toronto
      Moore, Donald Willard
      4/8/1992
      Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
      Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      12/27/1967
      Worth saving: John Lindsay, who fights to save old movie houses, loves the shells, cornices and moldings fromt he '20s in the Runnymede Theatre on Bloor St
      Worth saving: John Lindsay, who fights to save old movie houses, loves the shells, cornices and moldings fromt he '20s in the Runnymede Theatre on Bloor St
      Beaty, Keith
      10/22/1990
      Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
      Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
      Mahler, John
      5/10/1984
      Scadding house, the 100-year-old former rectory of Church of the Holy Trinity, has started on its journey of 150 feet to its new location at Eaton's C(...)
      Scadding house, the 100-year-old former rectory of Church of the Holy Trinity, has started on its journey of 150 feet to its new location at Eaton's C(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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