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Rampage in regent park

Rampage in regent park

Date6/7/1976
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  • Rampage in regent park
  • Rampage in regent park: Dozens of youths and younger children rampaged last night through three-block Regent Park housing development seeking to avenge the stabbing of a Sumach St. youth. Youths with baseball bats smashed windows of this house; and then climbed inside and destroyed livingroom furniture.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rampage in regent park: Dozens of youths and younger children rampaged last night through three-block Regent Park housing development seeking to avenge the stabbing of a Sumach St. youth. Youths with baseball bats smashed windows of this house; and then climbed inside and destroyed livingroom furniture.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113715F
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
Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
Eglinton, Rick
5/8/1992
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
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
Improvements at the Regent Park developments reflect the wishes of the tenants, writes R
Improvements at the Regent Park developments reflect the wishes of the tenants, writes R
Bezant, Graham
11/20/1968
Examining regent park plan to turn paved playgrounds and several parkland, and build a community centre and swimming pool, Mrs. Betty Strand (left) an(...)
Examining regent park plan to turn paved playgrounds and several parkland, and build a community centre and swimming pool, Mrs. Betty Strand (left) an(...)
Dutton, Don
10/27/1970
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
12/7/1968
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
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
Darrell, Dick
6/2/1970
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
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
Tenement jungle of Regent Park South is a world unto itself for many of the youthful inhabitants
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
11/20/1968