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Victoria towne is a low-rise project containing some 400 apartments
Victoria towne is a low-rise project containing some 400 apartments

Victoria towne is a low-rise project containing some 400 apartments

Date10/18/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Victoria towne is a low-rise project containing some 400 apartments. It is one of th elast pockets of vacant land close to the corner of Victoria Park Ave., and Eglinton Ave. E. and is only one block from two of Scarborough's major shopping centres. Transportation is good.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0107931F
    Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
    Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
    Darrell, Dick
    5/21/1980
    Changing face: Upcoming projects such as this one, at left, which will replace low-rise apartment buildings with a condominium complex twice the height, may change the area shown in map
    Changing face: Upcoming projects such as this one, at left, which will replace low-rise apartment buildings with a condominium complex twice the height, may change the area shown in map
    Beaty, Keith
    10/29/1986
    Start of new development in Aurora is marked by construction of Devonshire Place, a low-rise condominium apartment project. All the suites have air-conditioning
    Start of new development in Aurora is marked by construction of Devonshire Place, a low-rise condominium apartment project. All the suites have air-conditioning
    Mahler, John
    9/14/1978
    Two of the more than 100,000 children who live in Metro's high-rise apartments wonder what to do next in their little playground. Apartment children n(...)
    Two of the more than 100,000 children who live in Metro's high-rise apartments wonder what to do next in their little playground. Apartment children n(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    3/19/1969
    Mel puts on pressure at clinic, His blood pressure did rise slightly as Yvonne Foster - better known as Miss Canada 1977-sat on North York Mayor Mel Lastman's knee yesterday as they jointly launched the Towne and Countrye Square Blood Pressure Clinic
    Mel puts on pressure at clinic, His blood pressure did rise slightly as Yvonne Foster - better known as Miss Canada 1977-sat on North York Mayor Mel Lastman's knee yesterday as they jointly launched the Towne and Countrye Square Blood Pressure Clinic
    Lastman, Mel
    9/15/1977
    Angry but unhurt: Thomas Roper, 72, was attacked and robbed of $400 in his apartment. You got to be pretty low to rob a man in a wheelchair, he says.
    Angry but unhurt: Thomas Roper, 72, was attacked and robbed of $400 in his apartment. You got to be pretty low to rob a man in a wheelchair, he says.
    Brazao, Dale
    8/30/1990
    Architect Irving Grossman, who believes high-rise apartments should provide residents with a feeling of identification, discusses plans for the YWCA's 14-storey complex for single working people with two of his advisers
    Architect Irving Grossman, who believes high-rise apartments should provide residents with a feeling of identification, discusses plans for the YWCA's 14-storey complex for single working people with two of his advisers
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    2/9/1972
    Present: Massive apartments rise in York
    Present: Massive apartments rise in York
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    n.d.
    Plots for high-rise Gardeners, Preparing 308 garden plots to rent to people who live in apartments, Ed Travers and Paul Schlatman of the Mississauga p(...)
    Plots for high-rise Gardeners, Preparing 308 garden plots to rent to people who live in apartments, Ed Travers and Paul Schlatman of the Mississauga p(...)
    Calleja, Frank
    5/2/1974
    The skymark high-rise apartments have two principal reasons for their success
    The skymark high-rise apartments have two principal reasons for their success
    Beaty, Keith
    12/16/1977
    High-rise apartments on Yonge St
    High-rise apartments on Yonge St
    Lennon, Frank
    2/25/1969
    Condominium apartments in the new High Park Green high-rise are priced from $56,000 to $92,000
    Condominium apartments in the new High Park Green high-rise are priced from $56,000 to $92,000
    Beaty, Keith
    3/22/1978