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From ![]() Saving a Grand Old LadyPart III |
Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 25 | 2014 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Science, Technology, and Pandemic CitiesConclusion From: Dream States |
Conclusion: part 1 explores the role of science and technology in pandemic cities and the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic. | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Searching For The Old WardFrom: The Ward |
Shawn Micallef | 3 | 2015 | $0.30 Add | |
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From ![]() Seeking the Upper Hand, 1892–93From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of political activities surrounding the enactment of the legislation to incorporate the Toronto Railway Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Seeking Victory By Other Means, 1912–14From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of the City’s attempt to purchase the Toronto Railway Company and the Toronto Electric Light Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Settling InCentral Neighbourhood House From: The Ward |
Ratna & Bhaskar Omidvar | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add | |
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From ![]() Sex Work and The Ward’s Bachelor SocietyFrom: The Ward |
Elise Chenier | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Slum-FreeThe Suburban Ideal From: The Ward |
Richard Harris | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian UrbanismThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of TrustThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Smart City Tech: A PrimerThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 1 explores the tech needed to create a smart city. Discussing topics including what makes technology ‘smart’, ‘machine learning’ … | John Lorinc | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Smart City Tech and the Promise of Green CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 5 explores the possibility of green cities with smart innovation. Topics discussed include post-industrial cities, climate change, pollution, urban … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
![]() Storming the Old Boys’ CitadelTwo Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America |
“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 234 | 2014 | View |
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From ![]() Storytelling is Part of the StoryFrom: The Ward |
Taylor Tatum | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() Strange BrewThe Underground Economy of 'Blind Pigs' From: The Ward |
Ellen Scheinberg | 3 | 2015 | $0.30 Add | |
![]() SweetheartsThe Builders, the Mob and the Men |
Toronto was Boomtown in the 1960s. The city was growing quickly, gobbling up farmland for suburbs, pushing through expressways, knocking down neighbourhoods to make way for high-rise apartments. … | 272 | View |








