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Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.
Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.

Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.

Date6/29/1987
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0126600F
      See-through structure: The building that encloses the limestone rockface was designed to blend with its surroundings and allow visitors to see the carvings as they came near
      See-through structure: The building that encloses the limestone rockface was designed to blend with its surroundings and allow visitors to see the carvings as they came near
      Faught, Ken
      4/29/1985
      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
      Exquisite work Stanley Hill of the Six Nations reserve of Brantford, artist whose bone carvings are on exhibit at the Christel Galleries of Fine Art, (...)
      Exquisite work Stanley Hill of the Six Nations reserve of Brantford, artist whose bone carvings are on exhibit at the Christel Galleries of Fine Art, (...)
      Dunlop, Al
      4/8/1981
      Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life
      Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life
      Darrell, Dick
      9/28/1965
      Text in varied font type, framed with a line border. Small illustration of maker's mark or shie…
      Wood fibro carvings: catalogue no. 9, section no. 1
      John Walter & Sons
      Approximately 1900s
      Discarded picket signs overflow a street trash basket outside the Post Office building at Bay St
      Discarded picket signs overflow a street trash basket outside the Post Office building at Bay St
      Griffin, Doug
      12/2/1975
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/19/1975
      3-Ship mural on the wall of Post Office building at Bay St
      3-Ship mural on the wall of Post Office building at Bay St
      Spremo, Boris
      12/28/1982
      Book room: William Dendy's favorite room has over 500 shelf-feet of books relating to architecture.
      Book room: William Dendy's favorite room has over 500 shelf-feet of books relating to architecture.
      Beaty, Keith
      5/17/1987
      Fine reproduction of the last Supper, This fine example of wood-carving is a three-quarter relief reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper (...)
      Fine reproduction of the last Supper, This fine example of wood-carving is a three-quarter relief reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper (...)
      Metropolitan United
      12/23/1920
      Postal Station K, 2384 Yonge Street, west side, between Helendale Avenue and Montgomery Avenue,…
      Postal Station K, 2384 Yonge Street, west side, between Helendale Avenue and Montgomery Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Exterior, north façade showing automobile bas-relief carving.
      Scott, Peter
      1981-08
      Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
      Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/9/1970