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From the sidewalk to City Hall, in the corporate boardroom, and around the kitchen table, The Heart of Toronto traces the power dynamics and projects that have transformed downtown Toronto.

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"Daniel Ross’ Heart of Toronto is a much needed analysis of a critical aspect of downtown Toronto’s postwar development."

-- Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University * Ontario Historical Society Review *
"In The Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street, historian Daniel Ross reminds us how streets provide a unique and critical lens into urban growth and development." -- Karen Chapple, University of Toronto * Journal of the American Planning Association *

Table of Contents

The Street and the City

1 Making Downtown Yonge Street

2 The City of Tomorrow

3 A People Place

4 Fighting Sin Strip

5 Malling Main Street

Remaking Downtown Yonge Street

Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2022
      ISBN13: 9780774867009, 978-0774867009
      ISBN10: 0774867000
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the sidewalk to City Hall, in the corporate boardroom, and around the kitchen table, The Heart of Toronto traces the power dynamics and projects that have transformed downtown Toronto.

      Trade Review

      "Daniel Ross’ Heart of Toronto is a much needed analysis of a critical aspect of downtown Toronto’s postwar development."

      -- Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University * Ontario Historical Society Review *
      "In The Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street, historian Daniel Ross reminds us how streets provide a unique and critical lens into urban growth and development." -- Karen Chapple, University of Toronto * Journal of the American Planning Association *

      Table of Contents

      The Street and the City

      1 Making Downtown Yonge Street

      2 The City of Tomorrow

      3 A People Place

      4 Fighting Sin Strip

      5 Malling Main Street

      Remaking Downtown Yonge Street

      Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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