Housing & Urban Development

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The Concrete Forming Campaign

The Concrete Forming Campaign

From: Sweethearts

1960s formed concrete, residential unions and the international building trade unions 17 $1.70 Add
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The Cost of Hunger

The Cost of Hunger

Food Security and Health Issues

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Disorienting Disability Support Maze

The Disorienting Disability Support Maze

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Harbord Class of ’33

The Harbord Class of ’33

From: Sweethearts

Looks at the Harbord Class of 1933, comprised of Jews, and the discrimmination they faced from Hitler supporters 9 $0.90 Add
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The Independent Union

The Independent Union

From: Sweethearts

1960s Zanini and his independent Canadian Union in Concrete Forming, acqusations of it being a front for the mob 10 $1.00 Add
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The Mafia Is with Us

The Mafia Is with Us

From: Sweethearts

1970s. Setting up of a commision by the governemtn to examine the violence in the construction industry but not the industry itself 14 $1.40 Add
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The Mob and Its Money

The Mob and Its Money

From: Sweethearts

1950-1960. Looks at the mob’s expansion into legitimate business focusing on housing development. Corruption is explored 17 $1.70 Add
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The New Builders

The New Builders

From: 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 15 $1.50 Add
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The New City Hall Saga 1955-1972

The New City Hall Saga 1955-1972

From: Their Town

Hamilton, ON. 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. City Hall. Development of the community. Business over other People. 8 $0.80 Add
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The New Urban Poverty and Public Housing

The New Urban Poverty and Public Housing

From: Good Places to Live

29 $2.90 Add
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The Racial Logics of Property

The Racial Logics of Property

From: Resisting Eviction

In this chapter, Crosby begins by examining the origins and historical evolution of property relations in Canada’s national capital region, outlining some of the colonial tools deployed to … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Readable City
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The Readable City

From: Messy Cities

Shawn Micallef explores how visually messy cities are easily understood by walking the streets themselves, and draws on examples from Berlin, Toronto, and other major cities across the world. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Reelection Campaign

The Reelection Campaign

From: How We Changed Toronto

1980. Sewell’s reelection campaign 28 $2.80 Add
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The Sale

The Sale

From: Sweethearts

1960s. Looks at the Forming Council vs the labourers 9 $0.90 Add
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The Selling of Toronto’s Smart City
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The Selling of Toronto’s Smart City

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 1 explores the stakeholders who initially pitched the partnership between the city of Toronto and Google’s urban planning division Sidewalk Labs. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Shooting

The Shooting

From: Sweethearts

1970s Zaini still under suspicion of mafia involvement plans to start the canadian union again, is subsequently shot in the leg in his parking garage 7 $0.70 Add