GEO 793 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Spadina House, Toronto Purchase, Responsible Government
6 Jun 2018
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6 Properties of the City
1) Production
2) Reproduction (Population)
3) Proximity
4) Capitalization (of space)
5) Place
6) Governance
Timeline of City Development
Pre 1945: inner city
1945 – 1975: inner suburbs
Post 1975: Suburban
European Arrival
1) French (fur trade) 1820
2) British (1759)
Lieutenant Governor Simcoe
- Built York
- 1834 changed name to Toronto
- Same year Mackenzie elected mayor
- Named after Duke of York
- 1793 York founded by Simcoe
- 1837 rebellion against British, asked for responsible government
- Mackenzie fled to New York
- 1787 The Toronto Purchase – after the French lost, British paid aboriginals for the land
Spadina House
- Spadina is an Ojibwe word
- Austins lived in Spadina House
- Spadina means place on a hill
- Many city services came about in the 1920s
Urban Change (shifts in:)
- 1) Urban form
o Shape of a building
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