Mark Osbaldeston

Unbuilt Toronto

A History of the City That Might Have Been

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4597-1172-3
EAN: 9781459711723
Produktnummer: 20459394
Verlag: Dundurn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 10'733 KB
Reihenbandnummer: 1

Über den Autor

Mark Osbaldeston has written and spoken extensively on Toronto's architectural and planning history. His first book, Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been, was the subject of an exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards, and received a Heritage Toronto Award of Merit. He lives in Toronto.