CITB01H3 Chapter 2: The History of Canadian Planning ("A Reader in Canadian Planning" Textbook)
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Journalistic campaigns against crime, prostitution, and misery contributed to calls for reform: crowding and inadequate sewer services and water supply fuelled epidemics, railways often cut off port cities from their waterfronts and redirected development patterns into linear corridors. Street railroads encouraged suburban living and transportation radiation from the core: aging housing stock in early parts of the cities faced decline. Immigrants unable to make a living had to reside in the core and make a living off of jobs of poor conditions and rough character. Slums had begun to appear: racism and intolerance were growing, women"s groups, ministers, and businessmen joined the call for healthier and safer cities, housing conditions for workers were deplorable. In 1889, toronto passed a bylaw to regulate street widths and yard space. Interconnected greenbelts wound through and around the community, protecting the ravines and stands of mature trees: t-junctions and cul-de-sacs represented a shift from the ubiquitous toronto grid.
