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Skating the New Year in, New Year's Eve found hundreds flocking to Nathan Phillips Square for an evening on the floodlit rink
Skating the New Year in, New Year's Eve found hundreds flocking to Nathan Phillips Square for an evening on the floodlit rink

Skating the New Year in, New Year's Eve found hundreds flocking to Nathan Phillips Square for an evening on the floodlit rink

Date1/1/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Skating the New Year in; New Year's Eve found hundreds flocking to Nathan Phillips Square for an evening on the floodlit rink.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0111316F
      Crowds of happy revellers gather in Nathan Phillips Square last night, skating on the rink and dancing around the brightly lit square to welcome in the New Year
      Crowds of happy revellers gather in Nathan Phillips Square last night, skating on the rink and dancing around the brightly lit square to welcome in the New Year
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/1/1972
      Hundreds chose to welcome in New year while skating at rink in front of Toronto's new City Hall
      Hundreds chose to welcome in New year while skating at rink in front of Toronto's new City Hall
      Dinsmore, Ted
      n.d.
      Reflections of spring, As our warm spring weather brings skating season to a close at Nathan Phillips Square, the wet surface of the rink reflects the(...)
      Reflections of spring, As our warm spring weather brings skating season to a close at Nathan Phillips Square, the wet surface of the rink reflects the(...)
      Slaughter, Mike
      3/26/1986
      Youngsters are already enjoying outdoor skating on the rink in Nathan Phillips Square
      Youngsters are already enjoying outdoor skating on the rink in Nathan Phillips Square
      Bezant, Graham
      11/5/1973
      Above it all: Four-year-old Kawal Lam -- perched on his father Sluping's shoulers -- greets the new year at midnight at Nathan Phillips Square
      Above it all: Four-year-old Kawal Lam -- perched on his father Sluping's shoulers -- greets the new year at midnight at Nathan Phillips Square
      Russell, Jim
      1/1/1990
      Acrobat urns his living. Eve and Frank Harder of Winnipeg (right) were part of a lunchtime crowd at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a show by the(...)
      Acrobat urns his living. Eve and Frank Harder of Winnipeg (right) were part of a lunchtime crowd at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a show by the(...)
      Combs, Erin
      8/17/1987
      Kids crowded around Howie Meeker when he sited the outdoor rink at Nathan Phillips Square recently
      Kids crowded around Howie Meeker when he sited the outdoor rink at Nathan Phillips Square recently
      Meeker, Howie
      12/14/1973
      Aaahhhh - warmth, Martin Parr and Jennifer Reece find relief from the deep freeze in warm exhaust from ice rink refrigeration vents at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
      Aaahhhh - warmth, Martin Parr and Jennifer Reece find relief from the deep freeze in warm exhaust from ice rink refrigeration vents at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/19/1989
      Figure skater mid air in front of Toronto City Hall
      Leaping high off the ice, Toller Cranston, Canada's top male figure skater, works out at the rink at Nathan Phillips Square with City Hall in the back(...)
      Cranston, Toller
      1/5/1974
      Skating to the finish: Enthusiastic about the possibility of foming the next government, Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau spent yesterday's lunch hour skating in Nathan Phillips Square
      Skating to the finish: Enthusiastic about the possibility of foming the next government, Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau spent yesterday's lunch hour skating in Nathan Phillips Square
      Bull, Ron
      2/17/1980
      An ice time of the year. Father Bill Scanlon of St. John's church in Newmarket gives Martha Gorman, 7, a lift on the new ice at Nathan Phillips Square(...)
      An ice time of the year. Father Bill Scanlon of St. John's church in Newmarket gives Martha Gorman, 7, a lift on the new ice at Nathan Phillips Square(...)
      Dunlop, Al
      10/26/1984
      Among the thousands of reveliers welcoming in the New Year at the noisy but uneventful celebration at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square last night are (...)
      Among the thousands of reveliers welcoming in the New Year at the noisy but uneventful celebration at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square last night are (...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/31/1988