GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Area, Chry-Fm, Dundas Street
10 Dec 2015
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Caulfield: the distillery district, holy trinity church, regent park, st. jamestown. The city: inner (before 1945) and outer zones (after 1945) Located in south eastern toronto (south of bloor and east of yonge) Pre-industrial phase: toronto was a service and trade centre (1830s-1861: french lost in 1759, mainly used as administrative centre. Confederation in 1867: sir john a. macdonald was the first prime minister after confederation, known as a country selling resources, macdonald"s goal was to make canada industrialized at the same level as the u. s. and. Two brother in laws (gooderham & worts) opened a mill to process flour, etc. Gradually the distillery was no longer profitable, it was more convenient to relocate the factory to the u. s. since it was closer to the consumer market. 1990"s the distillery factory producing alcohol ceased to exist. One of six toronto churches built in 1840s. Eaton"s and the corporatization of the land around trinity church (1960s-1970s: bastille of defense.
