Unbuilt Toronto : a history of the city that might have been /

Unbuilt Toronto : a history of the city that might have been /

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Author / Creator:	Osbaldeston, Mark, 1966-
Imprint:	Toronto : Dundurn Press, c2008.
Description:	255 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History. Buildings. City planning. Toronto (Ont.) -- History. Toronto (Ont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History. Ontario -- Toronto. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7476826

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ISBN:	9781550028355 1550028359
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the city's founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes at St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake." "Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew."--BOOK JACKET.

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Summary:	Short-listed for the 2009 Toronto Book Awards and Heritage Toronto Book Awards and the 2012 Speaker's Award Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the citys founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers may lament the loss of some projects (such as the Eatons College Street tower), be thankful for the disappearance of others (a highway through the Annex), and marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads and walkways in the sky). Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew.
Physical Description:	255 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781550028355 1550028359