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News broke earlier this afternoon that Paul Oberman, the developer behind the restoration of prominent Toronto heritage properties including the Gooderham Flatiron Building and the Summerhill Station LCBO, died last night in a plane crash in Maine.<\/p>\n

The Star<\/em> has a post<\/a> about the crash, and a a moving tribute to Oberman by Lloyd Alter is up on TreeHugger<\/a>. There’s also a Facebook memorial group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos by Randolph Croft<\/a> and Stephen Best<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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