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It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer

It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer

Date6/2/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113707F
      Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
      Burned wall outside an elevator in an apartment in Regent Park South was photographed by a Star team on one of its visits there to gather material for(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/2/1968
      Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts
      Almost 4,000 people live in the highrise apartments and row housing of Regent Park South at Dundas and Shuter Sts
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/2/1968
      Work on regent park housing project, first big Canadian slum-clearing project, already was under way when final go-ahead on the $10,000,000 job was re(...)
      Work on regent park housing project, first big Canadian slum-clearing project, already was under way when final go-ahead on the $10,000,000 job was re(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/22/1948
      Start of new development in Aurora is marked by construction of Devonshire Place, a low-rise condominium apartment project. All the suites have air-conditioning
      Start of new development in Aurora is marked by construction of Devonshire Place, a low-rise condominium apartment project. All the suites have air-conditioning
      Mahler, John
      9/14/1978
      Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
      Taking action: John Ayre and other tenants in three low-rise buildings west of High Park are buying the apartments and converting them into co-operatives to get the places fixed up
      Darrell, Dick
      5/21/1980
      Aerial view of Mississauga shows the ever-expanding residential development including high-rise apartment buildings and dwellings
      Aerial view of Mississauga shows the ever-expanding residential development including high-rise apartment buildings and dwellings
      Bull, Ron
      4/1/1977
      Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
      Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/20/1968
      Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
      Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/30/1968
      Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
      Centre of controversy between the Toronto Housing Authority and the city's parks and recreation committee is this courtyard at Regent Park North, show(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/14/1967
      Regent park honors its champs. At last night's Banquet of Champions at Regent Park recreation centre, former controller Margaret Campbell congratulate(...)
      Regent park honors its champs. At last night's Banquet of Champions at Regent Park recreation centre, former controller Margaret Campbell congratulate(...)
      Campbell, Margaret, 1912-1999
      5/1/1970
      Condominium apartments in the new High Park Green high-rise are priced from $56,000 to $92,000
      Condominium apartments in the new High Park Green high-rise are priced from $56,000 to $92,000
      Beaty, Keith
      3/22/1978
      Massive public housing projects in big cities, like Toronto's Regent Park (above) were criticized
      Massive public housing projects in big cities, like Toronto's Regent Park (above) were criticized
      Bezant, Graham
      11/20/1968