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Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)

Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)

Date7/16/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money to erect sanitation facilities at the new site. University officials had given the 250 young people until noon today to leave the area in front of Hart House.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0019742F
      Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
      Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      9/9/1971
      All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
      All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/27/1971
      Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)
      Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      1/21/1971
      Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
      Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/19/1971
      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.
      Goode, Jeff
      11/4/1981
      Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
      Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      1/31/1984
      Time to relax: A stroll along the boardwalk in the Toronto Beaches is an obvious pleasure for city dwellers
      Time to relax: A stroll along the boardwalk in the Toronto Beaches is an obvious pleasure for city dwellers
      Stawicki, Andrew
      5/14/1989
      Picture of crowded beach.
      Toronto Island beaches packed with city dwellers escaping heat
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      24 July 1961
      Seymout kanowitch, a University of Toronto controversial tent city that was evicted from the student, is organizing a successor to Wacheea, the campus last year
      Seymout kanowitch, a University of Toronto controversial tent city that was evicted from the student, is organizing a successor to Wacheea, the campus last year
      Goode, Jeff
      5/31/1972
      Farm vacations are growing in popularity in North American as city dwellers try to give their children a taste of country living. A list of 400 farms (...)
      Farm vacations are growing in popularity in North American as city dwellers try to give their children a taste of country living. A list of 400 farms (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/7/1971
      This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)
      This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/11/1945
      City dwellers
      City dwellers
      McConnell, Colin
      6/22/1983