Author: Louis H. PursleyPublisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Toronto Trolley Car Story, 1921-1961
Author: Louis H. PursleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto
Author: Brian DoucetPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487510195
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the city’s urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generations. Historic photos of Toronto’s streetcar network offer a unique opportunity to examine how the city has been transformed from a provincial, industrial city into one of North America’s largest and most diverse regions. Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto studies the city’s urban transformations through an analysis of photographs taken by streetcar enthusiasts, beginning in the 1960s. These photographers did not intend to record the urban form, function, or social geographies of Toronto; they were "accidental archivists" whose main goal was to photograph the streetcars themselves. But today, their images render visible the ordinary, day-to-day life in the city in a way that no others did. These historic photographs show a Toronto before gentrification, globalization, and deindustrialization. Each image has been re-photographed to provide fresh insights into a city that is in a constant state of flux. With gorgeous illustrations, this unique book offers an understanding of how Toronto has changed, and the reasons behind these urban shifts. The visual exploration of historic and contemporary images from different parts of the city helps to explain how the major forces shaping the city affect its form, functions, neighbourhoods, and public spaces.
Metropolitan Railways
Author: William D. MiddletonPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253341792
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Metropolitan Railways" is a large-scale, illustrated volume that deals with the growth and development of urban rail transit systems in North America.
The Trolley Museum Dispatch
Author: Canadiana
Author: Railroad History
Author: Planning Toronto
Author: Richard WhitePublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774829389
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Paris is famous for romance. Chicago, the blues. Buenos Aires, the tango. And Toronto? Well, Canada’s largest urban centre is known for being a “city that works” – a remarkably livable metropolis for its size. In this lavishly illustrated book, Richard White reveals how urban planning contributed to Toronto becoming a functional, world-class city. Focusing on the period from 1940 to 1980, he examines how planners shaped the city and its development amid a maelstrom of local and international obstacles and influences. Based on meticulous research of Toronto’s postwar plans and supplemented by dozens of interviews, Planning Toronto provides a comprehensive and lively explanation of how Toronto’s postwar plans – city, metropolitan, and regional – came to be, who devised them, and what impact they had. When it comes to the history of urban planning, the question may not be whether a particular plan was good or bad but whether in the end it made a difference. As White demonstrates, in Toronto’s case planning did matter – just not always as expected.
Bibliography of Ontario History, 1867-1976
Author: Olga Bernice BishopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
From Horsecars to Streamliners
Author: Alan R. LindPublisher:
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Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"An illustrated history of the St. Louis Car Company. The first part of the book sets the rapid growth and long decline of the company in its social and economic context. The second half of the book treats the company's products in great technical detail. More than 400 illustrations are included"--Amazon.
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