Collier, Robert W. Contemporary Cathedrals: Large-Scale Development in Canadian cities
1976; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 2-76 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7202/1019539ar
ISSN1918-5138
Autores Tópico(s)Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
ResumoThe author has chosen seven major Canadian cities - Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax - and for each sets forth a case study of a representative, large-scale, "superblock" development. For example, Place Ville Marie has been chosen for Montreal, and Place de Ville for Ottawa. The facts surrounding each development are laid out including the jockeying for position between developers on the one hand and interest groups and city government on the other. It is part of the author's technique to raise probing questions as part of his narrative, and thus the book might well serve as a senior high school text in urban geography.
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