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Rod Frost: This former industrial designer figured it was time to make the big move from Etobicoke when the parking lots began encroaching on the treees
Rod Frost: This former industrial designer figured it was time to make the big move from Etobicoke when the parking lots began encroaching on the treees

Rod Frost: This former industrial designer figured it was time to make the big move from Etobicoke when the parking lots began encroaching on the treees

Date2/2/1984
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  • Rod Frost: This former industrial designer figured it was time to make the big move from Etobicoke when the parking lots began encroaching on the treees
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127491F
Parking king: Denis Dimitrakopoulos has built up a chain of 35 parking lots.
Parking king: Denis Dimitrakopoulos has built up a chain of 35 parking lots.
Spremo, Boris
8/12/1986
House move? Doug and Christine Sasaki and their five children - Keith, 13, Richard, 12, Ashley, 8, Elaine, 7 and Jacob, 3 - hope to find a place they can put their house, now temporarily stuck in a North York parking lot
House move? Doug and Christine Sasaki and their five children - Keith, 13, Richard, 12, Ashley, 8, Elaine, 7 and Jacob, 3 - hope to find a place they can put their house, now temporarily stuck in a North York parking lot
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/3/1995
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
Barkley, Harold
7/19/1973
Toll of lay-off: Former UAW Local 1967 president, Allan Craig, now retired, stands in empty parking lot at McDonnell Douglas. Craig, 73, says the average man and woman are getting angry with the economy and politicians are a wee bit scared. Nearly everyone is standing up and saying something.
Toll of lay-off: Former UAW Local 1967 president, Allan Craig, now retired, stands in empty parking lot at McDonnell Douglas. Craig, 73, says the average man and woman are getting angry with the economy and politicians are a wee bit scared. Nearly everyone is standing up and saying something.
Bock, Tony
12/17/1981
Circular Bed is where Savo Bojicie likes to lounge, spread out his papers and do lots of his creative work. The large bedroom area is designed like a small apartment where Savo and his wife can escape from the children and be alone. The bed has subtle light flowing out from underneath and it makes you feel as if you're floating in space, he said.
Circular Bed is where Savo Bojicie likes to lounge, spread out his papers and do lots of his creative work. The large bedroom area is designed like a small apartment where Savo and his wife can escape from the children and be alone. The bed has subtle light flowing out from underneath and it makes you feel as if you're floating in space, he said.
Spremo, Boris
11/6/1974
Former TV reporter for CBC's fifth estate, Irish-born Joe MacAnthony got lots of meterial for his books, including his latest, The Blood God
Former TV reporter for CBC's fifth estate, Irish-born Joe MacAnthony got lots of meterial for his books, including his latest, The Blood God
Mahler, John
3/17/1988
Andrew Nethery, an accountant with a taxable in come of about $20,000 a year, figured out that he pays about $152 a week in taxes
Andrew Nethery, an accountant with a taxable in come of about $20,000 a year, figured out that he pays about $152 a week in taxes
Barkley, Harold
11/17/1971
Taxas times: John McEwen, father of five and former Toronto teacher, says taxes got so high by 1989 that, as sole wage earner, he had to move the family away from the Metro area to provide basics
Taxas times: John McEwen, father of five and former Toronto teacher, says taxes got so high by 1989 that, as sole wage earner, he had to move the family away from the Metro area to provide basics
Faught, Ken
5/3/1992
It's like a grand safari when the Diggins move. The 11 members of the Diggins family moved into town this k and caused quite a ripple in diplomatic circles. John R. who is the newly appointed deputy of teh Consul-General of the United States in Toronto, his wife Gisela and their nine children took over four apartments with six bedrooms, three kitchens, 10 closets and one full time maid. [Incomplete]
It's like a grand safari when the Diggins move. The 11 members of the Diggins family moved into town this k and caused quite a ripple in diplomatic circles. John R. who is the newly appointed deputy of teh Consul-General of the United States in Toronto, his wife Gisela and their nine children took over four apartments with six bedrooms, three kitchens, 10 closets and one full time maid. [Incomplete]
Darrell, Dick
5/30/1966
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Ross, Fred
9/10/1971
A taxing problem: Darren Rintoul, owner of an airport area parking lot, says a proposed government land tax will drive his company out of business.
A taxing problem: Darren Rintoul, owner of an airport area parking lot, says a proposed government land tax will drive his company out of business.
Millar, Cal
9/28/1989
Out on parking lot at Canadian headquarters of Borden food empire, president Gerald J
Out on parking lot at Canadian headquarters of Borden food empire, president Gerald J
Lennon, Frank
4/2/1976