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Unbuilt Toronto 2
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Author : Mark Osbaldeston
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2011-10-03
Unbuilt Toronto 2 written by Mark Osbaldeston and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-03 with History categories.
Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been." Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. What would Toronto look like today if it had hosted the Olympics in 1996 or 1976? And what was the downtown expressway that Frederick Gardiner really wanted? With over 150 photographs, maps, and illustrations, Unbuilt Toronto 2 tracks the origins and fates of some of the city’s most interesting planning, transit, and architectural "what-ifs."
Unbuilt Toronto
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Author : Mark Osbaldeston
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-10-27
Unbuilt Toronto written by Mark Osbaldeston and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-27 with History categories.
Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.
Toronto Neighbourhoods 7 Book Bundle
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Author : Mark Osbaldeston
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2014-03-14
Toronto Neighbourhoods 7 Book Bundle written by Mark Osbaldeston and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-14 with History categories.
The Toronto Neighbourhoods bundle presents a collection of titles that provide fascinating insight into the history and development of Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Beginning with histories of Canada’s longest street and the early days of what was once called York (The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860; A City in the Making; Opportunity Road), the titles in the bundle go on to examine the development of particular unique neighbourhoods that help give the city its character (Willowdale, Leaside). Finally, Mark Osbaldeston’s acclaimed, award-winning Unbuilt Toronto and Unbuilt Toronto 2 go beyond history and into the arena of speculation as the author details ambitious and possibly city-changing plans that never came to fruition. For lovers of Toronto, this collection is a bonanza of insights and facts. Includes A City in the Making Leaside Opportunity Road Unbuilt Toronto Unbuilt Toronto 2 Willowdale The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860
Unbuilt Hamilton
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Author : Mark Osbaldeston
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2016-09-10
Unbuilt Hamilton written by Mark Osbaldeston and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-10 with Architecture categories.
With 150 archival plans, photographs, and illustrations, Mark Osbaldeston explores 200 years of significant but unrealized building, planning, and transit schemes in Hamilton. Learn about the escarpment amphitheatre, the Gage Avenue tunnel, the King’s Forest Zoo, and the downtown planetarium, none of which ever came to fruition.
Unbuilt Toronto
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Author : Mark Osbaldeston
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-10-27
Unbuilt Toronto written by Mark Osbaldeston and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-27 with History categories.
Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the city’s founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers may lament the loss of some projects (such as the Eaton’s College Street tower), be thankful for the disappearance of others (a highway through the Annex), and marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads and walkways in the sky). Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew.
Unbuilt Calgary
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Author : Stephanie White
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-11-03
Unbuilt Calgary written by Stephanie White and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-03 with Architecture categories.
Unbuilt Calgary is a survey of projects proposed but not built that were situated at critical times in Calgary's development; projects that indicate the city's ambitions through its first 100 years. It looks back to ideas and schemes that could have changed the shape of this vibrant city.
Unbuilt Victoria
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Author : Dorothy Mindenhall
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-05-12
Unbuilt Victoria written by Dorothy Mindenhall and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-12 with History categories.
Unbuilt Victoria celebrates the city that is, and laments the city that could have been. For most people, resident and visitor alike, Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. From a modest fur-trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company it grew to be the province’s major trading centre. Then the selection of Vancouver as the terminus of the transcontinental railway in the 1880s, followed by a smallpox epidemic that closed the port in the 1890s, resulted in decline. Victoria succeeded in reinventing itself as a tourist destination, based on the concept of nostalgia for all things English, stunning scenery, and investment opportunities. In the modernizing boom after the Second World War attempts were made to move the city’s built environment into the mainstream, but the prospect of Victoria’s becoming like any other North American city did not win public approval. Unbuilt Victoria examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected. That some of them were ever dreamed of will probably amaze, that others never made it might well be a matter of regret.
Buildings Cities Life
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Author : Eberhard Zeidler
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-08-26
Buildings Cities Life written by Eberhard Zeidler and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-26 with Architecture categories.
Renowned architect Eberhard Zeidler tells his story in a two-volume book that explores his early life in Germany and his years in Canada after he moved there in 1951. Architect of Toronto's Eaton Centre and Trump International Hotel and Tower, Zeidler has left his stamp on the urban landscape of Canada, the United States, and the rest of the world.
Unbuilt Victoria
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Author : Dorothy Mindenhall
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-05-12
Unbuilt Victoria written by Dorothy Mindenhall and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-12 with Architecture categories.
The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. This book examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected and lets the reader decide which projects should have been built.
Toronto
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Author : Allan Levine
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2014-09-13
Toronto written by Allan Levine and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-13 with History categories.
With the same eye for character, anecdote and circumstance that made Peter Ackroyd’s London and Colin Jones’s Paris so successful, Levine’s captivating prose integrates the sights, sounds and feel of Toronto with a broad historical perspective, linking the city’s present with its past through themes such as politics, transportation, public health, ethnic diversity and sports. Toronto invites readers to discover the city’s lively spirit over four centuries and to wander purposefully through the city’s many unique neighborhoods, where they can encounter the striking and peculiar characters who have inhabited them: the powerful and powerless, the entrepreneurs and the entertainers, and the moral and the corrupt, all of whom have contributed to Toronto’s collective identity.