{"product_id":"the-heart-of-toronto-9780774867016","title":"The Heart of Toronto","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1950s to the 1970s, downtown North America was reconfigured for the suburban age. Municipal officials planned renewal schemes, merchant groups lobbied for street improvements, developers built bigger and taller. Everywhere, attention turned to the problems and possibilities at the commercial and civic heart of cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e follows one such example of reinvention: downtown Yonge Street. Efforts to keep pace with, or even lead, urban change included the street's conversion into a car-free public space, a clean-up campaign targeting the sex industry, and the construction of North America's largest urban shopping mall. These revitalization projects were all connected to wider trends of postwar decentralization, economic restructuring, and cultural transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterweaving histories of development, civic activism, and corporate clout, \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e widens our understanding of the actors and power dynamics involved in remak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Daniel Ross’ \u003cem\u003eHeart of Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e is a much needed analysis of a critical aspect of downtown Toronto’s postwar development.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University * Ontario Historical Society Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Street and the City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Making Downtown Yonge Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The City of Tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 A People Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Fighting Sin Strip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Malling Main Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemaking Downtown Yonge Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404950184279,"sku":"9780774867016","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774867016.jpg?v=1730488162","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-heart-of-toronto-9780774867016","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}