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Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom
Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom

Toronto's new planning commissioner says the city should encourage and control - not stop - the current building boom

Date3/2/1987
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0130885F
      University Ave. (top) is Toronto's most sterile thoroughfare says the City planning commissioner. Bay St. has a changeable character while street pedlers make Queen St. alive, he says
      University Ave. (top) is Toronto's most sterile thoroughfare says the City planning commissioner. Bay St. has a changeable character while street pedlers make Queen St. alive, he says
      Bull, Ron
      5/1/1980
      Controls urged: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says that interest rates have to come down to creat jobs, and controls should be introduced to stop investment money leaving the country
      Controls urged: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says that interest rates have to come down to creat jobs, and controls should be introduced to stop investment money leaving the country
      Broadbent, Ed, 1936-
      2/5/1982
      Stephen McLaughlin: Toronto has worried itself into a tangle of red tape, says the city's planning commissioner
      Stephen McLaughlin: Toronto has worried itself into a tangle of red tape, says the city's planning commissioner
      Cooper, David
      6/22/1980
      Mario J.de Bastiano: Says logical 5-year planning helps Dension combat the current skills shortage.
      Mario J.de Bastiano: Says logical 5-year planning helps Dension combat the current skills shortage.
      Barkley, Harold
      5/3/1977
      The building boom continues. Another chapter in Toronto's building boom is taking shape on Bloor St. opposite Varsity Stadium. It's the Ontario Instit(...)
      The building boom continues. Another chapter in Toronto's building boom is taking shape on Bloor St. opposite Varsity Stadium. It's the Ontario Instit(...)
      Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
      11/18/1969
      A very patient man: Retired Toronto lawyer R. Falconbridge Cassels has been watching the ARgonauts play since 1918 and he says current head coach Forrest Gregg should be given time to build a contender.
      A very patient man: Retired Toronto lawyer R. Falconbridge Cassels has been watching the ARgonauts play since 1918 and he says current head coach Forrest Gregg should be given time to build a contender.
      Spremo, Boris
      10/25/1979
      Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
      Toronto's skyline would have been drastically different if these buildings had been erected under criteria proposed last night by the city planning bo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/22/1974
      Retiring commissioner C. O. Bick, left, and police chief Harold Adamson, above. Reader says new chairman should be a civilian
      Retiring commissioner C. O. Bick, left, and police chief Harold Adamson, above. Reader says new chairman should be a civilian
      Bick, C. O
      1/20/1977
      Our economy, ranging from car production to stock exchange activities, should be under a super planning agency, says Queen's Prof. Hugh Thornburn
      Our economy, ranging from car production to stock exchange activities, should be under a super planning agency, says Queen's Prof. Hugh Thornburn
      Dunlop, Al
      4/12/1982
      Laurence Coward: The authority on pension planning says we should build on the fairly well-established arrangement we've got now rather than embarking on a revolution.
      Laurence Coward: The authority on pension planning says we should build on the fairly well-established arrangement we've got now rather than embarking on a revolution.
      Bock, Tony
      5/31/1984
      Dr. Erik Jorgensen, professor of forestry at the University of Toronto, stands under a gnarled oak tree at Avenue Rd. and St. Clair, an apartment high-rise in the background. New buildings are obliterating Toronto's sense of permanence and stability, he says, and the way to restore it is to cover the city with enduring trees.
      Dr. Erik Jorgensen, professor of forestry at the University of Toronto, stands under a gnarled oak tree at Avenue Rd. and St. Clair, an apartment high-rise in the background. New buildings are obliterating Toronto's sense of permanence and stability, he says, and the way to restore it is to cover the city with enduring trees.
      Spremo, Boris
      10/7/1971
      Bancroft students Jean Hattie and Dianne Bunclark can testify to ''mixed blessing'' of current boom, which has doubled population, crowded schools in Bancroft, hub of uranium find
      Bancroft students Jean Hattie and Dianne Bunclark can testify to ''mixed blessing'' of current boom, which has doubled population, crowded schools in Bancroft, hub of uranium find
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/26/1957