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A wird strol l on Yonqe St, By PAUL TAYLOR U s u a l l y a dead s l e e p can b e enjoyed through an air raid. But when it's too q u i e t ( n o ambulances, no f i r e no s t a t i o n a b l o c k away, drunk floozie or crying s t o n e r i n t h e n e x t room a t 4 i n t h e morning, no s t r i p joint u p t h e street w i t h a microphone-tot i n g s h i 11 g e t t i n g a l l t h e NACHOS t o s c r e a m a n d w h i s t l e when a girl takes her clothes when i t ' s t o o q u i e t , off you wake up a half-dozen times a night and pinch t o make s u r e t h a t yoursel f you' r e n o t d e a d . T o r o n t o is g e t t i n g w e i r d e r . I t o o k a w a l k up a n d down Yonge Street a n d t h e s e a r e some of the things that happened: An o l d nian w i t h a b i g g r i n on h i s f a c e as t w o h o o k e r s a r e a r g u i n g o v e r who s a w him first. One punched t h e o t h e r tit i n t h e head and g o t her bitten off for the effort. (At 11 oyclock in the Morning?) A g u y <?) w i t h g r e e n h a i r and orange c i r c l e s around h i s e y e s goose-stepping across the street and back t w i c e until t h e l i g h t changed and t h e n a r e p e a t performance f o r t h e green l i g h t t h e other way. I k e p t walking b u t had TORONTO:
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The s t r a y t h o u g h t s b e g a n a seven year dect i ve-sty1 e hunt fur t h e missing windows-three-square-foot p u r t r a i ts o f Walter S c o t t , Thomas Moore a n d F:obert b u r n s " - . " I t w a s as i f - . t h e b u i l d i n g g r i n n e d and t h e r e w a s a t o o t h m i ssi n g , " the librarian rerilembered t h i s w e e k , " I t w a s obvious there had been stained g l a s s there but it wasn' t t h e r e a n y l o n g e r . " Dutton began h i s s e a r c h with a c a l l t o t h e public libraries Historical Fhutographs section. They w e r e able to describe the ssi ng windows.. h e a d and
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F i n a l l y Eon t a l k e d t o L l o y d Blanche, t h e public l i b r a r y ' s l a s t j a n i t o r a t C a r n e g i e who t h e windows c o n f i rri~ed t h a t were i n place when the l i b r a r y moved t o E u r r a r d a n d Eobson in 1357. And V i c Catlc~w, j a n i t o r for t h e C i t y Museum when i t t u a k o v e r the building e i g h t months l a t e r w a s c e r t a i n t h e y were no l o n g e r t h e r e i n 1.358. So t h e w i ndcsws d i sappeared d u r i ng Carnegiers closure for the i w t v e r s i o n t o a museum, in 1'357-58. From t h e r e t h e t r a i l went cold. T h e V a n c o u v e r Museum, City Archives, Heritage Flanning, e v e n t h e Glet-rbuw were Museum in Calgary contacted, without success. The s e a r c h l a s p e d f o r two y e a r s. Then, e a r l y t h i s year, a f a r i l i l y o f f er e d t h r e e windows for sale t o t h e Vancouver Museum, c l a i m i n g t h e y had come from the Carnegi e building. Museum d i r e c t or Rob Watt checked with H e ritage Planning, who sudden1 remembered-that Ron D u t t o n h a d made e n q u i r i e s i n 1384. The t r a i l , now h o t again, l e d backwards t o t h e f i l e Ron h a d b e e n c o m p i l i n g , 1 ~ 1 . . . - C .-. - , - , . . - :
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CRAB Park gets e h a $160,ODO A f t e r angry p r o t e s t s from downtown E a s t s i d e r s Monday n i g h t , P a r k s Board v o t e d a b i g b o o s t i n t h e money f o r CRAB a n d Oppenheimer p a r k s . Delegations, including people from C a r n e g i e went t o t h e m e e t ing t o express disgust over c u t s p l a n n e r s h a d recommended, w h i c h would g i v e a r e a p a r k s o n l y $50,000 i n t h e n e x t f o u r y e a r s t o c o m p l e t e , r e p a i r and i m p r o v e a l l Downtown E a s t s i d e P a r k s areas.
But t h e Board d i d a n a b o u t f a c e a f t e r a h e a t e d d e b a t e and v o t e d a n e x t r a $ 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 f o r CRAB Park - probably f o r t h e proposed p i e r - and an e x t r a $20,000 f o r Oppenheimer, b r i n g i n ! t h e money f o r t h a t p a r k up t o 7 5 , 0 0 0 . The P a r k s Board p r o t e s t e r s pointed out t h a t t h i s area i s t r a d i t i o n a l l y underfunded f o r p a r k s , and t h a t t h e s l a s h i n g o f t h e budget from $360,000 t o $50, 000 t h i s t i m e was u n a c c e p t a b l e .
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