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- catalog abstract ""Toronto is one of the world's great cities and the commercial and cultural capital of English-speaking Canada. But it is also a classic example of a modern city that has sustained and withstood every kind of urban force. Robert Fulford, in this compelling book, recounts the exciting story of the postwar transformation of an aging city." "In the 1950s Toronto was a gray lady - "a good place to mind your own business," as Northrop Frye said. Built in a strange and challenging ravine-threaded landscape on the shore of Lake Ontario by generations of architects, the city is now the home of the Canadian National Tower, of an extraordinary subway system, of the Blue Jays and their SkyDome, of the Royal Ontario Museum. Today Toronto bristles with vitality, glitters with every fascination that architecture, planning, and cultural and intellectual life can give to a city. It has fallen into many of the characteristic mistakes of modern urban planning, yet it has also saved itself from the worst of them." "This graceful narrative, moving from one part of Toronto to another, paints a portrait of the city, its recent history, its urban planning, and its economic growth."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9251631.
- catalog coverage "Toronto (Ont.) History.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""Toronto is one of the world's great cities and the commercial and cultural capital of English-speaking Canada. But it is also a classic example of a modern city that has sustained and withstood every kind of urban force. Robert Fulford, in this compelling book, recounts the exciting story of the postwar transformation of an aging city." "In the 1950s Toronto was a gray lady - "a good place to mind your own business," as Northrop Frye said. Built in a strange and challenging ravine-threaded landscape on the shore of Lake Ontario by generations of architects, the city is now the home of the Canadian National Tower, of an extraordinary subway system, of the Blue Jays and their SkyDome, of the Royal Ontario Museum. Today Toronto bristles with vitality, glitters with every fascination that architecture, planning, and cultural and intellectual life can give to a city. It has fallen into many of the characteristic mistakes of modern urban planning, yet it has also saved itself from the worst of them." "This graceful narrative, moving from one part of Toronto to another, paints a portrait of the city, its recent history, its urban planning, and its economic growth."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.".
- catalog extent "225 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Accidental city.".
- catalog identifier "0921912919".
- catalog isFormatOf "Accidental city.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto, Canada : MacFarlane, Walter & Ross,".
- catalog relation "Accidental city.".
- catalog spatial "Ontario Toronto.".
- catalog spatial "Toronto (Ont.) History.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Ontario Toronto.".
- catalog subject "Buildings Ontario Toronto.".
- catalog subject "City planning Ontario Toronto.".
- catalog subject "HT169.C32 T44 1995".
- catalog title "Accidental city : the transformation of Toronto / Robert Fulford.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".