Unbuilt Toronto
Subtitle: a history of the city that might have been
By: Mark Osbaldeston.
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto; Tonawanda, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781550028355
Subjects: City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History; Toronto (Ont.) -- History; Toronto (Ont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History
Description: "Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the city's founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes at St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake." "Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.