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Moon crater near Maple Leaf Gardens - surrounded by a blue fence and empty since it was dug in the late '50s - was to have housed the Lord Carlton Hot(...)
Moon crater near Maple Leaf Gardens - surrounded by a blue fence and empty since it was dug in the late '50s - was to have housed the Lord Carlton Hot(...)

Moon crater near Maple Leaf Gardens - surrounded by a blue fence and empty since it was dug in the late '50s - was to have housed the Lord Carlton Hot(...)

Date4/17/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Moon crater near Maple Leaf Gardens - surrounded by a blue fence and empty since it was dug in the late '50s - was to have housed the Lord Carlton Hotel. The precarious law of supply and demand stopped its development then; but now a convention boom is making Metro hotel men now wish it had been built. Toronto is among top six cities on continent for conventions but competition is fierce.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113493F
      Lord Simcoe Hotel opening was partly to blame for scrapping Lord Carlton construction in '50s
      Lord Simcoe Hotel opening was partly to blame for scrapping Lord Carlton construction in '50s
      Griffin, Doug
      4/17/1968
      New housing with a gardens view, Yes, that's the roof of the Maple Leaf Gardens you see, framed between the double towers of the Carlton Inn, on Carlt(...)
      New housing with a gardens view, Yes, that's the roof of the Maple Leaf Gardens you see, framed between the double towers of the Carlton Inn, on Carlt(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/1/1978
      Margaret Whiting tried to whip up some nostalgia last night at Maple Leaf Gardens, but the songs echoing through the empty aisles put a damper on the (...)
      Margaret Whiting tried to whip up some nostalgia last night at Maple Leaf Gardens, but the songs echoing through the empty aisles put a damper on the (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      3/12/1974
      Margaret Whiting tried to whip up some nostalgia last night at Maple Leaf Gardens, but the songs echoing through the empty aisles put a damper on the (...)
      Margaret Whiting tried to whip up some nostalgia last night at Maple Leaf Gardens, but the songs echoing through the empty aisles put a damper on the (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      3/12/1974
      Maple Leaf Gardens, Carlton St
      Maple Leaf Gardens, Carlton St
      Unknown
      1932?
      Maple Leaf Gardens, Carlton St
      Maple Leaf Gardens, Carlton St
      Unknown
      195-?
      Maple leaf gardens' extension over street line on Wood and Carlton Sts
      Maple leaf gardens' extension over street line on Wood and Carlton Sts
      Teskey, Frank
      9/19/1963
      Maple Leaf Gardens' extension over street line on both Carlton St
      Maple Leaf Gardens' extension over street line on both Carlton St
      Teskey, Frank
      9/19/1963
      Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
      Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
      Griffin, Doug
      5/24/1972
      Maple Leaf Gardens: Coming up 50
      Maple Leaf Gardens: Coming up 50
      Spremo, Boris
      10/12/1980
      Charity skate, Bobby Orr plays hot dog for the camera at the first annual Bobby Orr Skate-a-thon for Tammy at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday. He led mor(...)
      Charity skate, Bobby Orr plays hot dog for the camera at the first annual Bobby Orr Skate-a-thon for Tammy at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday. He led mor(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/28/1981
      Bridal couturier: Jack Ritche has been designing wedding gowns for Metro brides since the '50s and says he's noticed a decrease in demand for traditional bridal wear
      Bridal couturier: Jack Ritche has been designing wedding gowns for Metro brides since the '50s and says he's noticed a decrease in demand for traditional bridal wear
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/10/1987