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Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor (...)
Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor (...)

Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor (...)

Date10/31/1969
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  • Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor (...)
  • Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor of architecture at the University of Toronto repeats the warning today that a city without a past is a city without a soul.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Undaunted and outspoken, Prof. Eric Arthur fights to make Toronto as proud of its old buildings as it is of the new. The 71-year-old former professor of architecture at the University of Toronto repeats the warning today that a city without a past is a city without a soul.
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