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1970s – 2000s: The emerging contours of a new Toronto…
Toronto Reborn
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In Toronto Reborn, Ken Greenberg describes the emerging contours of a new Toronto. Focusing on the period from 1970 to the present, Greenberg looks at how the work and decisions of citizens, NGOs, businesses, and governments have combined to refashion Toronto. Individually and collectively, their actions ― renovating buildings and neighbourhoods, building startling new structures and urban spaces, revitalizing old cultural institutions and creating new ones, sponsoring new festivals and events ― have transformed the old postwar city, changing it into an exciting modern one.
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“The population of Toronto is increasing at a rapid pace, and with the astonishing development of a huge number of condominiums and other forms of housing, the city is becoming denser and more crowded. While these changes have helped to make the city richer, economically and culturally, they have also put stresses on Toronto’s infrastructure, physical and social.”
“Along with the growth and changes in the city’s population, there has been a dramatic shift in the working world in Toronto. The old industrial backbone of the city’s economy is largely gone. Technological innovation has ushered in a mesmerizing digital universe and a new age of artificial intelligence and the jobs that go with them.”
“In line with this, Toronto has, over the past half century, had a sea change in its attitude toward nature and its natural heritage. While still committed to a path of progress rooted in the exploitation of nature for its raw material wealth, Torontonians have begun to embrace the notion that humans are part of nature and not separate from it.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Toronto Reborn
Destination: Toronto Author/guide: Ken Greenberg Departure Time: 1970s – 2000s
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