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No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts
No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts

No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts

Date7/9/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts.; but it is hoped to preserve them to incorporate them into the Simpson Tower which is to be built on the site in the near future.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0110569F
      Bank figures add up beautifully, The classical stone figures on the old Toronto-Dominion bank at King and Bay Sts
      Bank figures add up beautifully, The classical stone figures on the old Toronto-Dominion bank at King and Bay Sts
      Spremo, Boris
      8/17/1966
      One wrong move could have been fatal to Marion Niewada, who was working on a scaffold that stuck 400 feet up the Simpson Tower at Queen and Bay Sts
      One wrong move could have been fatal to Marion Niewada, who was working on a scaffold that stuck 400 feet up the Simpson Tower at Queen and Bay Sts
      Norris, Dave
      12/29/1969
      1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?
      1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?
      Cooper, David
      4/17/1987
      It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
      It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
      Bull, Ron
      10/29/1976
      Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
      Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
      John Sims
      1677
      The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry
      The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry
      Brennan, Pat
      5/4/1982
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      James, Norman
      6/15/1965
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      James, Norman
      6/15/1965
      The magic's still there: After welcoming more than 1,000 babies to life at Queensway General Hospital, Dr. Alison Noble, 80, still knows how to handle them. Four-day-old Shantelle Gentle and mother Sandy join the founding father of the hospital, which celebrates its 30th year Sunday.
      The magic's still there: After welcoming more than 1,000 babies to life at Queensway General Hospital, Dr. Alison Noble, 80, still knows how to handle them. Four-day-old Shantelle Gentle and mother Sandy join the founding father of the hospital, which celebrates its 30th year Sunday.
      Griffin, Doug
      7/17/1986
      Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
      Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
      Beaty, Keith
      1/3/1980
      A gamble: Gus Fisher will have to wait a year before he knows whether he ows this three storey store on Queen St. W. near Dufferin one of three properties he bought at a tax sale yesterday for $28,000. The owners can reclaim them by paying teh taxes, with
      A gamble: Gus Fisher will have to wait a year before he knows whether he ows this three storey store on Queen St. W. near Dufferin one of three properties he bought at a tax sale yesterday for $28,000. The owners can reclaim them by paying teh taxes, with
      Dutton, Don
      2/1/1981
      Trent frayne, a sportswriter who knows how to tell a good story, with his wife, journalist June Callwood
      Trent frayne, a sportswriter who knows how to tell a good story, with his wife, journalist June Callwood
      Callwood, June Rose, 1924-2007
      9/30/1981