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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

Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project

Date11/20/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113713F
      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
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/19/1971
      Patient stares out window of now-closed section at 999 Queen St
      Patient stares out window of now-closed section at 999 Queen St
      Darrell, Dick
      3/4/1975
      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(...)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/22/1948
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      8/13/1987
      Regent Park (north) housing project
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      Housing Authority of Toronto
      4/9/1951
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      Dillon, Richard M
      7/19/1973
      A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
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      Spremo, Boris
      3/22/1980
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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