Housing & Urban Development
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From  The Affordable Housing DeficitOut of the Cold From: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add | |
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From  The Bahamas Adventure of C. Powell MorganFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s .The syndicate continues to refine methods of money laundering. Examines the Atlantic Acceptance Coorporation and its Bahamas hotel/casino developments | Catherine Wismer | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Ballet of the Parking LotFrom: Messy Cities |
Brendan Stewart and Daniel Rotsztain write about the plazaPOPS initiative in Etobicoke North to illustrate the vibrancy of community life that strip malls generate and how these plazas can be … | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From The Bargain BuildersFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s the development of new building techniques that maximized profits by decreasing the need for skilled labour and finding cheaper materials. There are also inter-union disagreements for control | Catherine Wismer | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Case Against Controlling InfrastructureFrom: Messy Cities |
Andrés Borthagaray writes that a combination of messy and orderly urbanism produces beneficial interaction, and uses examples of mobility infrastructure to illustrate their point. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Co-operative CityFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Co-operative City begins by looking at Spain in the twentieth century, leading up to the financial crisis of 2009-2011. The chapter then focuses on the 15-M movement as an experiment in … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! The Collective Effervescence of Messy ParksFrom: Messy Cities |
Jake Tobin Garrett writes about how the pandemic broke previous understandings of public space for Canadians, specifically examining parks. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Concrete Forming CampaignFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s formed concrete, residential unions and the international building trade unions | Catherine Wismer | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Cost of HungerFood Security and Health Issues From: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add | |
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From The Disorienting Disability Support MazeFrom: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add | |
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From The Harbord Class of ’33From: Sweethearts |
Looks at the Harbord Class of 1933, comprised of Jews, and the discrimmination they faced from Hitler supporters | Catherine Wismer | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From The Independent UnionFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s Zanini and his independent Canadian Union in Concrete Forming, acqusations of it being a front for the mob | Catherine Wismer | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Mafia Is with UsFrom: Sweethearts |
1970s. Setting up of a commision by the governemtn to examine the violence in the construction industry but not the industry itself | Catherine Wismer | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Mob and Its MoneyFrom: Sweethearts |
1950-1960. Looks at the mob’s expansion into legitimate business focusing on housing development. Corruption is explored | Catherine Wismer | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From The New BuildersFrom: Sweethearts |
1950-1960. looks at the housing boom that occurred after the war due to the population swell. The decision to start building high rises | Catherine Wismer | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The New City Hall Saga 1955-1972From: Their Town |
Hamilton, ON. 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. City Hall. Development of the community. Business over other People. | Marsha Aileen Hewitt | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
