GEO 793 Chapter Notes -Queen Street West, Urban Design, David Crombie
10 Sep 2013
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Inner zone-older urban areas whose morphology and forms were in place by the 1950"s (downtown core in toronto) Relatively high densities of people and activities with mix of residential, commercial, and other land uses. Outer zone- developed in recent decades where densities of people and activities are generally lower and land uses are much more segregated and organized around the automobile (scarborough, vaughan, brampton etc) Toronto was mainly administrative when it was first founded (parliament, courts, doctors etc. ) Built in 1860 and is core structure of what was once canada"s largest liquor manufacturer. Now, distillery district has many building that are now renovated into lofts, galleries, caf "s boutiques etc. The caf is the structure that once pumped to draw water into the distillery from the lake. The distillery is now separated from harbor by railway and an elevated expressway.
