GEO 793 Chapter Notes -The Province, Transit City, Creative Class

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1950: celebrating the rural nature of toronto suburbs farms became more productive rivers and streams were occupied over the weekend by the city people looking for a place to picnic. 1953: sprawl begins: europe immigrants came to toronto, brought their ambitions, cultures, and skills, demand for consumer goods and places to live, toronto became hub of financial sector, manufacturing sector expanded. How and why did things go wrong? the don valley became mostly a transportation corridor the don valley forest was cut down for suburban tract. Sprawl in the gta: http://www. thestar. com/news/article/922618--the-region-s-rise-and-sprawl: sprawl was more denser than other american cities, superhighway system left long-term effects on land use, supplying transit and commuting system dissipated. Etobicoke there were dominated by automobile, strip malls, industrial buildings, and public housing, with few community facilities or historical buildings. Inner suburb are a good example of poor urban form. Good urban built form: short blocks, small shops and parks, high population density, and pedestrian access.

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