An incisive view of Toronto’s development over the last fifty years.
In
Toronto Reborn, Ken Greenberg describes the emerging contours of a new Toronto. Focusing on the period from 1970 to the present, Greenberg looks at how the work and decisions of citizens, NGOs, businesses, and governments have combined to refashion Toronto. Individually and collectively, their actions — renovating buildings and neighbourhoods, building startling new structures and urban spaces, revitalizing old cultural institutions and creating new ones, sponsoring new festivals and events — have transformed the old postwar city, changing it into an exciting modern one.
Tabella dei contenuti
- Maps
- Foreword by David Crombie
- Prefece
- Introduction: Toronto as Crucible
- PART ONE: ON THE GROUND
- 1 How Change Appears
- 2 Neighbourhoods Coalesce
- 3 Changing how we Move
- 4 Expanding Common Ground
- 5 The City in Nature
- 6 Institutions as City Builders
- 7 Suburbs Become Urban
- 8 New Frontier on the Waterfront
- PART TWO: A NEW CITY
- 9 The Threads Come Together
- 10 Unleashing the Power of the City
- 11 The Chance to Be Our Best Selves
- Afterwordby Zahra Ebrahim
- Acknowledgments
- Image Credits
- Index
Circa l’autore
Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, teacher, writer, former Director of Urban Design and Architecture for the City of Toronto and Principal of Greenberg Consultants. He is the author of Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder and Toronto Reborn; Design Successes and Challenges. He was selected as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Toronto.
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