The heart of Toronto : corporate power, civic activism, and the remaking of downtown Yonge street /

The heart of Toronto : corporate power, civic activism, and the remaking of downtown Yonge street /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ross, Daniel (Daniel G.), author.
Imprint:	Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2022] ©2022
Description:	x, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Urbanization -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century. Urbanization. Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.) -- History -- 20th century. Toronto (Ont.) -- History -- 20th century. Ontario -- Toronto. Ontario -- Toronto -- Yonge Street. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12742077

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ISBN:	9780774867009 0774867000 9780774867016 0774867019
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index. Issued also in electronic format.
Summary:	"From the 1950s to the 1970s, downtown North America was reconfigured for the suburban age. The Heart of Toronto follows one example of efforts to address the problems and possibilities of city centres: downtown Yonge Street. Attempts 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. Linking these projects to postwar decentralization, economic restructuring, and cultural transformation, Daniel Ross reveals the politics and power dynamics involved in reinventing the heart of Toronto."--
Other form:	Online version: Ross, Daniel (Daniel G.) Heart of Toronto. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2022 0774867027 9780774867023

Table of Contents:

Making Downtown Yonge Street
The City of Tomorrow
A People Place
Fighting Sin Strip
Malling Main Street.