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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.

Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.

Date6/27/1978
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  • Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062091F
Director under fire, Shaw director Christopher Newton, who's behind the tent theatre, is surprised at the town's hostility. He says that it's hurting the actors. The town dislikes his unorthodoxy
Director under fire, Shaw director Christopher Newton, who's behind the tent theatre, is surprised at the town's hostility. He says that it's hurting the actors. The town dislikes his unorthodoxy
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
5/19/1981
The winner: In Peel, 80 per cent of jury trials end in convictions, Crown Attorney Leo McGuigan says, explaining that he dislikes TV shows in which the prosecution always loses
The winner: In Peel, 80 per cent of jury trials end in convictions, Crown Attorney Leo McGuigan says, explaining that he dislikes TV shows in which the prosecution always loses
McGuigan, Leo
10/25/1982
Postal worker Ken Lee says he dislikes closing down the nation's postal service
Postal worker Ken Lee says he dislikes closing down the nation's postal service
Mahler, John
10/30/1975
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
Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'
Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'
Layton, Irving, 1912-2006
6/27/1978
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
Borje Salming dislikes playing with face mask
Borje Salming dislikes playing with face mask
Goode, Jeff
10/30/1978
Bob Houghton: Blizzard coach dislikes style of play employed by Chicago
Bob Houghton: Blizzard coach dislikes style of play employed by Chicago
Houghton, Robert Douglas
2/3/1983
Greene: Dislikes smoking
Greene: Dislikes smoking
Greene, Barbara, 1945-
1/1/1979
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
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