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Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.
Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.

Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.

Date2/14/1974
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  • Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.
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T.A. Comerford, Socreds, Broadview
T.A. Comerford, Socreds, Broadview
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/1/1963
New options: Architect Allan Graham, left, designed new townhouses in Don Mills. Exteriors are identical but different floor plans are designed.
New options: Architect Allan Graham, left, designed new townhouses in Don Mills. Exteriors are identical but different floor plans are designed.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
9/17/1980
Award-winning architect: Philip Carter proudly displays the Governor-General medal he won for his design of the Markham Community Library. The $900,000 library blends in with the 19th-century style and atmosphere of the old village of Markham's Main St. Carter, 42, received his award at a ceremony held in Winnipeg.
Award-winning architect: Philip Carter proudly displays the Governor-General medal he won for his design of the Markham Community Library. The $900,000 library blends in with the 19th-century style and atmosphere of the old village of Markham's Main St. Carter, 42, received his award at a ceremony held in Winnipeg.
Bock, Tony
6/18/1982
Trouble is his middle name: Trouble-shooter Urich Ferdinand, executive assitant to Premier William Davis, is adept at smoothing out the problems of people who make daily demands on the provincial premier.
Trouble is his middle name: Trouble-shooter Urich Ferdinand, executive assitant to Premier William Davis, is adept at smoothing out the problems of people who make daily demands on the provincial premier.
Mahler, John
3/28/1977
New hope: Ferdinand Hapke received this postcard, dated 1945, from his father in a prisoner-of-war camp.
New hope: Ferdinand Hapke received this postcard, dated 1945, from his father in a prisoner-of-war camp.
Darrell, Dick
3/25/1983
Super salesman: John Morland is paid $65,000 a year to let the world know Scarborough is a booming city.
Super salesman: John Morland is paid $65,000 a year to let the world know Scarborough is a booming city.
Dunlop, Alan
6/27/1983
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Griffin, Doug
n.d.
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
Lennon, Frank
6/20/1984
Mopping-up operation: Molly Maid president Jim MacKenzie spruces up with Jean Cloes and Anne Jervis
Mopping-up operation: Molly Maid president Jim MacKenzie spruces up with Jean Cloes and Anne Jervis
Beaty, Keith
9/15/1982
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
Bull, Ron
2/14/1985
Too vague: That's what John Richardson, owner of Different Drummer Books in Burlington, says of proposed erotic-book bylaw.
Too vague: That's what John Richardson, owner of Different Drummer Books in Burlington, says of proposed erotic-book bylaw.
Mahler, John
4/28/1982
Cyril Hare: Chief is lobbying for bylaw requiring sprinklers in new homes.
Cyril Hare: Chief is lobbying for bylaw requiring sprinklers in new homes.
Faught, Ken
12/15/1993