Toronto Reborn : Design Successes and Challenges

Ken Greenberg

ISBN 10: 1459743075 / ISBN 13: 9781459743076

Published by Dundurn Press Jun 2019, 2019

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Neuware - An incisive view of Toronto's development over the last fifty years. 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toronto Reborn : Design Successes and Challenges
• Publisher: Dundurn Press Jun 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1459743075
• ISBN 13: 9781459743076
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 226W x 151H x 22D millimeters 226 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 572 grams

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Synopsis

An incisive view of Toronto’s development over the last fifty years.

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.

About the Author

Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, writer, and former Director of Urban Design and Architecture for the City of Toronto. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Toronto for his advocacy in revitalizing public spaces and promoting urban sustainability. He is the author of Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder and Toronto Reborn: Design Successes and Challenges.