Emerald City
Subtitle: Toronto visited
By: John Bentley Mays ; photographs by Richard Rhodes.
Publisher: Viking - Penguin Group - Canada Ltd, Ltd, USA inc., Australia Ltd, (NZ) Ltd
Published: September 1994
Place of publication: 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2; 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England; 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014; Ringwood, Victoria, Australia; 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand; printed in Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Architecture -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Architecture -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Description and travel.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Tours.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Social life and customs.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Descriptions et voyages.; Toronto (Ont.) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Description: "This book takes us on a brilliantly conceived and thoroughly idiosyncratic walking tour of Canada's biggest metropolis. With the author as our guide, we discover anew the places city dwellers encounter every day, travelling beyond and beneath the obvious landmarks to discover Toronto's metropolitan soul. From the unexpected beauty of industrial sites to civic icons like the Dome and Maple Leaf Gardens, Mays never fails to delight and inform as he uncovers the archaeology of memory that lies in the urban landscape." - WorldCat
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355).
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION: Finding the Emerald City xvi; title: ------------; title: Thinking Places; title: The Port Industrial District 1; title: The John Inglis Plant 8; title: Canada Malting 15; title: ------------; title: On the Land; title: The Shape of the City 22; title: Living with what is 27; title: Dwelling and the Group of Seven 33; title: --------; title: Binding and Loosing the Waters; title: Last Streams 39; title: The Don River Forgotten 42; title: Garrison Creek 46; title: The Don Remembering 51; title: --------------; title: Tales of the Pioneers; title: Unromancing Fort York 55; title: Black creek pinoeer village 60; title: Weston 64; title: About William Gilpin 70; title: ---------------; title: Pleasures in Places; title: Christmas at Colborne Lodge 76; title: Unknown Gardens 79; title: St. James’ Cemetery 82; title: Mount Pleasant 87; title: The ex 91; title: --------; title: Modern; title: The Crystal City of Hugh Ferriss 101; title: The Toronto-Dominion Centre 106; title: Lesser Modern 114; title: Confederation Life 118; title: --------; title: Shopping; title: Parkdale 125; title: The Golden Mile 130; title: Mall Endurance 135; title: Eaton Centre 139; title: Ssones from the Underworld 143; title: --------; title: Suburban Idylls; title: Revisting Mississauga 153; title: The Strangest House on Parkhurst Boulevard 156; title: Don Mills 159; title: The Trouble with Scarborough 163; title: Trouble in North York 168; title: --------; title: Concrete Dreams; title: Car Architecture 174; title: The Gardiner 179; title: Burying the Gardiner 182; title: The Motel Strip 185; title: Concrete Realities 189; title: --------; title: Streets; title: Forsaking Kensington Market 194; title: Now Finding Main Street 198; title: The exp of University Avenue 201; title: The burying of the wires 205; title: Christmas Lights 208; title: Lanewars 210; title: --------; title: Gardens; title: Grounds and Front Gardens 216; title: Essential Urban Gardening 221; title: Allan Gardens 228; title: And then there are Lawns 232; title: --------; title: Moral Management; title: 999 Queen 237; title: The Boardwalk 241; title: High Park 244; title: Banking 248; title: The Robarts 252; title: The Skydome 257; title: --------; title: Moderne Variations; title: The R.C. Harris filtration plant 266; title: 620 University Avenue 269; title: The Horse Palace 272; title: Maple Leaf Gardens 275; title: Park Lane 278; title: --------; title: High Styles; title: Gothic 284; title: Romanesque 288; title: Byzantium and St. Anne's 293; title: Classical 296; title: Cybernetic 302; title: --------; title: Houses and Home; title: At Home 307; title: Casa Loma 310; title: Monster Houses 314; title: Castle Hill 317; title: Sonic City 320; title: --------; title: At the Edge; title: Heartland 326; title: Nowhere 329; title: Prospects for the Middle 332; title: Edge Cities 335; title: York 339; title: --------; title: Sources And Resources 347