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From ![]() NEW! The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based PolicingThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() The SplitFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s Looks at the split of the unions into residential locals and the further fracturing of the unions. Zanini is convicted and sent to prison | Catherine Wismer | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Stone in the Ground: Rev. Thomas JacksonFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
Rosemary Sadlier | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() The Stone YardFrom: The Ward |
Gaetan Heroux | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Supply RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 10 explores supply regions also know as resource economies, which are areas that are endowed with highly demanded natural resources and exploited as such. This chapter discusses the … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Synagogue on Centre AvenueFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
Simon Patrick Rogers | 7 | 2018 | $0.70 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Transplant RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 11 describes how transplant regions are brought to life by the transfer of work from a congested city to a lower-cost production area. The chapter explores their relationship with supply … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Utopianism of Smart City MegaprojectsThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … | John Lorinc | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
![]() The WardThe Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood |
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![]() The Ward UncoveredThe Archaeology of Everyday Life |
In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall — a site designated to become a major new court house. What they … | 305 | View | ||
![]() Thirty Years’ WarThe Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921 |
Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto’s streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, … | C. Ian Kyer | 257 | 2015 | View |
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From ![]() Timothy Eaton’s Stern FortificationsFrom: The Ward |
Michael Valpy | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Toronto Into the Twenty-First Century |
From Toronto: The First 13,000 Years: An Illustrated History | Roger Hall | 28 | 2026 | $2.80 Add |
![]() NEW! Toronto: The First 13,000 YearsAn Illustrated History |
A richly illustrated history of Toronto spanning 13,000 years, which traces the enduring presence and cultures of its first peoples alongside colonial and industrial transformations to the … | Ronald F. Williamson | 162 | 2026 | View |
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From ![]() Toronto’s First Little ItalyFrom: The Ward |
John Lorinc | 1 | 2015 | $0.10 Add | |
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From ![]() Toronto’s Ghost MapFrom: The Ward |
Ellen Scheinberg; John Lorinc; Michael ed. McClelland | 2 | 2015 | $0.20 Add |










