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The social housing developers are destroying the official plan, they want projects that are just too big'
The social housing developers are destroying the official plan, they want projects that are just too big'

The social housing developers are destroying the official plan, they want projects that are just too big'

Date4/23/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: The social housing developers are destroying the official plan, they want projects that are just too big'
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0057308F
      Eddy Cogan: Developer's firm has an interest in area's third major housing project
      Eddy Cogan: Developer's firm has an interest in area's third major housing project
      Cogan, Edwin
      10/9/1986
      Should it be proved that a form of multiple-unit housing other than the high rise is better, developers will built it, writes UDI official Robert Stor(...)
      Should it be proved that a form of multiple-unit housing other than the high rise is better, developers will built it, writes UDI official Robert Stor(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/16/1971
      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
      Second in voting to Mrs. Campbell was another woman, June Marks, She, too, is interested in housing, slum clearance and urban renewal projects. Many o(...)
      Second in voting to Mrs. Campbell was another woman, June Marks, She, too, is interested in housing, slum clearance and urban renewal projects. Many o(...)
      Marks, June
      12/6/1966
      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
      Opponents: Mayor Art Eggleton (left) says the railway lands project will provide jobs while Aldermen Jack Layton says many concessions have been granted profit-hungry developers
      Opponents: Mayor Art Eggleton (left) says the railway lands project will provide jobs while Aldermen Jack Layton says many concessions have been granted profit-hungry developers
      Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
      11/12/1980
      Brock St. in downtown Uxbridge will have a completely different look in 1978 if president Harold Black and the other 35 members of the Development Association have their way. They want $32,000 grant from the federal Local Initiatives Program to pay for much of the week and to complete a master plan. In the meantime, they expect to start the rejuvenation in the next few months with such projects as setting out trees in concrete pots and taking down ugly signs.
      Brock St. in downtown Uxbridge will have a completely different look in 1978 if president Harold Black and the other 35 members of the Development Association have their way. They want $32,000 grant from the federal Local Initiatives Program to pay for much of the week and to complete a master plan. In the meantime, they expect to start the rejuvenation in the next few months with such projects as setting out trees in concrete pots and taking down ugly signs.
      Dexter, Brian
      9/23/1975
      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
      Ready for battle: Members of Intelligarde International, a heavy-hitting security company that patrols gang-infested housing projects, often wear full riot gear and use guard dogs
      Ready for battle: Members of Intelligarde International, a heavy-hitting security company that patrols gang-infested housing projects, often wear full riot gear and use guard dogs
      Slaughter, Mike
      7/16/1991
      Housing projects such as Crombie Park, shown under construction, could produce thousands of new jobs for the hard-hit building trades where unemployme(...)
      Housing projects such as Crombie Park, shown under construction, could produce thousands of new jobs for the hard-hit building trades where unemployme(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      n.d.
      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
      Prospects good for big projects
      Prospects good for big projects
      Spremo, Boris
      2/24/1976