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Young couples setting up their first home in Metro in 1968 aren't having an easy time finding accommodation that fits into their budget. While many wi(...)
Young couples setting up their first home in Metro in 1968 aren't having an easy time finding accommodation that fits into their budget. While many wi(...)

Young couples setting up their first home in Metro in 1968 aren't having an easy time finding accommodation that fits into their budget. While many wi(...)

Date8/10/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Young couples setting up their first home in Metro in 1968 aren't having an easy time finding accommodation that fits into their budget. While many will choose apartments; others will decide on townhouses that have sprouted up in rows in the suburbs. Two-bedroom homes rent from $160 to $300 a month.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113567F
      Second marriage for Shirley and Al Fingler is happy. With Danny, 6, Fingler's son from his first marriage, the family enjoys a walk by their north Metro apartment building. Experts believe couples married for the second time usually have a more open relat
      Second marriage for Shirley and Al Fingler is happy. With Danny, 6, Fingler's son from his first marriage, the family enjoys a walk by their north Metro apartment building. Experts believe couples married for the second time usually have a more open relat
      Darrell, Dick
      4/12/1973
      Henry Luce truly fits the publisher's appearance at a press converence because, while gracious with his time Luce was meagre with opinions
      Henry Luce truly fits the publisher's appearance at a press converence because, while gracious with his time Luce was meagre with opinions
      Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987
      4/28/1942
      Hot on Trail: Ever since Michael Tureski, right, and Carson Hashe found this plate with a faded photo of this couple's smiling faces, they've been smitten with finding them
      Hot on Trail: Ever since Michael Tureski, right, and Carson Hashe found this plate with a faded photo of this couple's smiling faces, they've been smitten with finding them
      Mahler, John
      3/22/1989
      Many couples are ending up in divorce courts
      Many couples are ending up in divorce courts
      Griffin, Doug
      5/24/1973
      Exciting time for young couples is when the wedding presents start arriving
      Exciting time for young couples is when the wedding presents start arriving
      Barkley, Harold
      7/30/1971
      If the shoe fits: Clint Galbraith, left, trainer, driver and co-owner of Niatross, chats while Greenwood smith Gerry Bergeron prepares shoes for the super horse prior to yesterday's workout
      If the shoe fits: Clint Galbraith, left, trainer, driver and co-owner of Niatross, chats while Greenwood smith Gerry Bergeron prepares shoes for the super horse prior to yesterday's workout
      Goode, Jeff
      12/11/1980
      Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
      Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      5/28/1974
      Jackie Cain, Roy Kral complement each other perfectly. They're as young as their songs and everything in their repertoire fits
      Jackie Cain, Roy Kral complement each other perfectly. They're as young as their songs and everything in their repertoire fits
      Jackie and Roy (Musical duet)
      1/3/1967
      It fits! Al Waxman, (left) star of The King of Kensington, and CBC sportcaster Fred Sgambati seem to be headed to the pokey with Metro police constabl(...)
      It fits! Al Waxman, (left) star of The King of Kensington, and CBC sportcaster Fred Sgambati seem to be headed to the pokey with Metro police constabl(...)
      Cooper, David
      2/14/1979
      Population of Tottenham increased from 789 in 1967 to nearly 2,000 today as couples from Toronto, many of them with children, bought new houses in the(...)
      Population of Tottenham increased from 789 in 1967 to nearly 2,000 today as couples from Toronto, many of them with children, bought new houses in the(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      10/6/1971
      Novelist Sylvia Fraser and her lawyer husband, Russell, typify many Canadian couples who decide not to have children, seeking fulfilment in their work(...)
      Novelist Sylvia Fraser and her lawyer husband, Russell, typify many Canadian couples who decide not to have children, seeking fulfilment in their work(...)
      Fraser, Sylvia, 1935-
      7/14/1972
      Mock-up Concorde SST fits in well with the fair's overall transportation theme
      Mock-up Concorde SST fits in well with the fair's overall transportation theme
      Spremo, Boris
      8/13/1984