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Housing boom: Rows of houses are springing up all over Scarborough, as on McCowan Rd
Housing boom: Rows of houses are springing up all over Scarborough, as on McCowan Rd

Housing boom: Rows of houses are springing up all over Scarborough, as on McCowan Rd

Date2/6/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Housing boom: Rows of houses are springing up all over Scarborough, as on McCowan Rd. north of McNicoll Ave., above. In 1985, the city issued $315.3 million in residential building permits - up from almost $194 million in 1984. Developers praise Scarborough's bureaucracy. Housing development, located on McCowan Road, north of McNicoll Avenue. (43.819427, -79.272616)
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodMilliken
    Agincourt
    GeographyNorth-south streetMcCowan Road
    GeographyHistorical locationScarborough (Ont.)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0108071F
      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
      Heavy traffic: McCowan Rd., just south of the 401, becomes heavily travelled every day when Scarborough Town Centre employees head home
      Heavy traffic: McCowan Rd., just south of the 401, becomes heavily travelled every day when Scarborough Town Centre employees head home
      Dunlop, Al
      10/8/1981
      Looking ahead: Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris examines a model of the Consilium, a huge project slated for Highway 401 and McCowan Rd
      Looking ahead: Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris examines a model of the Consilium, a huge project slated for Highway 401 and McCowan Rd
      Goode, Jeff
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      No prim rows in villages of Central Park
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/6/1975
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Darrell, Dick
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