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Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises

Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises

Date8/1/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0118507F
    Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
    Picturesque Leningrad skyline may change soon if Canadian developers gain the right to build highrises
    Spremo, Boris
    8/1/1989
    On Tour: Planners John Gladki, left, and Gary Wright, and tenant association's Desmond Christopher, right, check out deteriorating highrises during a recent tour of the development
    On Tour: Planners John Gladki, left, and Gary Wright, and tenant association's Desmond Christopher, right, check out deteriorating highrises during a recent tour of the development
    Slaughter, Mike
    2/6/1986
    Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)
    Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)
    Dunlop, Al
    6/5/1980
    City farmers, toiling in the shade of Scarborough highrises, are Amos Reesor, 82, his son George, 49, and grandson Ernie, 23. At left, Bill Hawkes wor(...)
    City farmers, toiling in the shade of Scarborough highrises, are Amos Reesor, 82, his son George, 49, and grandson Ernie, 23. At left, Bill Hawkes wor(...)
    Beaty, Keith
    2/15/1984
    A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
    A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
    Bull, Ron
    12/1/1975
    The devilish developers. Not all apartment developers are horned and tailed perils, East York Reeve True Davidson said last night. She told 125 member(...)
    The devilish developers. Not all apartment developers are horned and tailed perils, East York Reeve True Davidson said last night. She told 125 member(...)
    Davidson, True, 1901-1978
    1/25/1966
    Good timing: Wayne Beach, president of Aurelian Small Business Developers Ltd. feels timing was right in organizing his new company.
    Good timing: Wayne Beach, president of Aurelian Small Business Developers Ltd. feels timing was right in organizing his new company.
    Mahler, John
    8/24/1979
    Queen Bee of Canadian prospectors, Viola MacMillan shown here, was president of Prospectors and Developers Association for 21 years before she resigned in 1965
    Queen Bee of Canadian prospectors, Viola MacMillan shown here, was president of Prospectors and Developers Association for 21 years before she resigned in 1965
    Darrell, Dick
    3/10/1970
    Suddenly got tired. Developer Gerhard Moog says municipal bureaucracy in Metro forces developers out to booming Alberta
    Suddenly got tired. Developer Gerhard Moog says municipal bureaucracy in Metro forces developers out to booming Alberta
    Bull, Ron
    5/9/1975
    Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
    Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
    Brennan, Pat
    11/8/1983
    Back in 1935, James Cumming attended his first Prospectors and Developers Association convention
    Back in 1935, James Cumming attended his first Prospectors and Developers Association convention
    Philp, Barry
    3/11/1968
    Old city hall is a fine historical building worthy of saving from the developers, says reader Robert Forester in accompanying letter. He suggests it be converted and refurbished for a civic museum
    Old city hall is a fine historical building worthy of saving from the developers, says reader Robert Forester in accompanying letter. He suggests it be converted and refurbished for a civic museum
    Spremo, Boris
    3/2/1971