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Recreation expert John Farina says we need more squares like Nathan Phillips Square
Recreation expert John Farina says we need more squares like Nathan Phillips Square

Recreation expert John Farina says we need more squares like Nathan Phillips Square

Date10/24/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Recreation expert John Farina says we need more squares like Nathan Phillips Square
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0046299F
      Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
      Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/22/1977
      Artist Charles Pachter, left, says City Council is making a big mistake if it lets a 10-foot statue of Winston Churchill go up in Nathan Phillips Square. The proposal goes before council on Wednesday
      Artist Charles Pachter, left, says City Council is making a big mistake if it lets a 10-foot statue of Winston Churchill go up in Nathan Phillips Square. The proposal goes before council on Wednesday
      Spremo, Boris
      9/24/1979
      Larry Evoy (Edward Bear) offered 20,000 rock fans the ideal music for an ideal Sunday afternoon, says critic Peter Goddard of concert on Nathan Phillips square. The predominantly teenage crowd also listened to Chris Kearney group.
      Larry Evoy (Edward Bear) offered 20,000 rock fans the ideal music for an ideal Sunday afternoon, says critic Peter Goddard of concert on Nathan Phillips square. The predominantly teenage crowd also listened to Chris Kearney group.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/18/1975
      It's sculpture that swings, Nathan Phillips square is filling up with sculpture some of which move, make noises, change color, float in the air, or just lie there-like the one at left
      It's sculpture that swings, Nathan Phillips square is filling up with sculpture some of which move, make noises, change color, float in the air, or just lie there-like the one at left
      Darrell, Dick
      5/31/1967
      Gary Hall gets a mouthful of pancake from Calgary Stampede Princess Shelly Ann Fyfe at pre-Grey Cup western brunch at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. More on Grey Cup or Sports, What's On sections
      Gary Hall gets a mouthful of pancake from Calgary Stampede Princess Shelly Ann Fyfe at pre-Grey Cup western brunch at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. More on Grey Cup or Sports, What's On sections
      Spremo, Boris
      11/23/1989
      Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)
      Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/9/1972
      Time of grieve: These mourners were among more than 1,500 at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a memorial service for victims of the Air-India crash
      Time of grieve: These mourners were among more than 1,500 at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a memorial service for victims of the Air-India crash
      Air India
      6/25/1985
      400 Demonstrate: Local Romanians gather in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a rally in which they called for more help from Canada for their homeland
      400 Demonstrate: Local Romanians gather in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for a rally in which they called for more help from Canada for their homeland
      Eglinton, Rick
      12/23/1989
      Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/25/1984
      Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Millar, Cal
      5/25/1984
      Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square-the scene of a free rock concert two years ago that drew more than 9,000 people of all ages, but no Dennis Braithwaite
      Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square-the scene of a free rock concert two years ago that drew more than 9,000 people of all ages, but no Dennis Braithwaite
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/20/1970
      More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
      More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
      Bull, Ron
      7/11/1980