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Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'
Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'

Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'

Date6/27/1978
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0062082F
    Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.
    Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.
    Layton, Irving, 1912-2006
    6/27/1978
    Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
    Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
    Acorn, Milton
    5/18/1970
    Irving Layton, the Montreal poet, came to the Steeles and Keele campus last fall and finds it a god-forsaken place, but says York is one of the more alive and throbbing places to be teaching
    Irving Layton, the Montreal poet, came to the Steeles and Keele campus last fall and finds it a god-forsaken place, but says York is one of the more alive and throbbing places to be teaching
    James, Norman
    2/25/1970
    Poet Irving Layton met his new wife Anna Pottier five years ago at a poetry reading when a friend sent one of her poems up to him
    Poet Irving Layton met his new wife Anna Pottier five years ago at a poetry reading when a friend sent one of her poems up to him
    Cooper, David
    11/13/1986
    Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.
    Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.
    Layton, Irving, 1912-2006
    10/16/1981
    Still going strong in their old age are, from left, actor Hume Cronyn, poet Irving Layton, broadcaster Gordon Sinclair, author Eric Arthur and The Sta(...)
    Still going strong in their old age are, from left, actor Hume Cronyn, poet Irving Layton, broadcaster Gordon Sinclair, author Eric Arthur and The Sta(...)
    Arthur, Eric Ross
    4/12/1979
    Poet Irving Layton, left, autographs his recently published poetry collection for Heather Csapo, a third year fine arts student, at publication party at York University
    Poet Irving Layton, left, autographs his recently published poetry collection for Heather Csapo, a third year fine arts student, at publication party at York University
    Griffin, Doug
    12/9/1971
    Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
    Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
    Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016
    3/8/1973
    Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
    Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    9/6/1978
    The Toronto Stock Exchange recently moved into its magnificent new ticker palace on Bay St
    The Toronto Stock Exchange recently moved into its magnificent new ticker palace on Bay St
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    4/3/1937
    Eighteen years ago Mrs. Anne Grossman, above, took over the newsstand on Bay St., just south of the stock exchange and became the first woman news ven(...)
    Eighteen years ago Mrs. Anne Grossman, above, took over the newsstand on Bay St., just south of the stock exchange and became the first woman news ven(...)
    Bull, Ron
    12/7/1973
    Terry Popowich, Toronto Stock Exchange vice-president, is the man all Bay St
    Terry Popowich, Toronto Stock Exchange vice-president, is the man all Bay St
    Combs, Erin
    1/15/1988