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From  Boomtown TorontoFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s looks at appartment developers and the boom in high rise appartments in Toronto, which renewed commericial and downtown development | Catherine Wismer | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Coconuts in the Latrines!From: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Elizabeth Driver | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Conclusion |
In the Conclusion, the authors reflect on the legacy of Mother Joseph and Louise Bethune work more than 100 years after their deaths. The chapter explores how these women were able to storm the … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Merle Foster’s Studio ‘A Spot of Enchantment’From: The Ward |
- | Terry Murray | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 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  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! The Fire This TimeFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter focuses on the activities of "hustlers," the often-underage male sex workers in the West End. | Aaron Chapman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Forward CitySection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 7 Economic literature now uses the term Jacobs’ agglomeration, and the term “forward city” is original to this text. The chapter describes “Jacobs … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! 9. Change the Story, Change the Ending |
Chapter 9 as the final chapter shares a set of principles and practices that you can take as starting points for reflection and action to offer a glimmer of hope that we can change the story of … | Leslie Kern | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From A War of Attrition, 1915–20From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of the City’s attempt to weaken the Toronto Railway Company and the Toronto Electric Light Company so that their ownership would be motivated to sell cheaply. | C. Ian Kyer | 17 | 2015 | $1.70 Add |
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From Digging Up the North MarketFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Peter Popkin | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! FramedFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter details the creation of a new special police squad to address the rising number of sex workers on the streets of the West End. By merely displacing sex workers, this squad shifted … | Aaron Chapman | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From Missionary WorkThe Fight for Jewish Souls From: The Ward |
- | Ellen Scheinberg | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Planning Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data, what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city … | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! The City RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 8 focuses on how urban growth impacts surrounding areas, discussing impact on rural areas, industrial diversity, the value of land to build factories, houses for workers and their … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Watching Genocide Unfold in Real TimeGaza through Facebook and Twitter, June 2 — July 23, 2014 From: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter focuses on first three weeks of the Israeli war on Gaza as witnessed from afar through social media in the summer of 2014. The author analyzes it as a production of all the elements … | Sarah Schulman | 66 | 2016 | $3.96 Add |
