Suburb, slum, urban village : transformations in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, 1875-2002 / Carolyn Whitzman.

Main entry:

Whitzman, Carolyn.

Title & Author:

Suburb, slum, urban village : transformations in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, 1875-2002 / Carolyn Whitzman.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
Good place to live? : perceptions and realities of suburbs, slums, and urban villages -- Flowery suburb : Parkdale's development, 1875-1912 -- "Becoming a serious slum" : decline in Parkdale, 1913-1966 -- From Bowery to Bohemia : the urban village, 1967-2002 -- Why does Parkdale matter?

Summary:

Examines the relationship between image and reality for one city neighborhood -- Toronto's Parkdale. Carolyn Whitzman tracks Parkdale's story across three eras: its early decades as a politically independent suburb of the industrial city; its half-century of ostensible decline toward becoming a slum; and a post-industrial period of transformation into a revitalized urban village. This book also shows how Parkdale's image influenced planning policy for the neighborhood, even when the prevailing image of Parkdale had little to do with the actual social conditions there.

ISBN:

9780774815352 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0774815353 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Neighborhoods Ontario Toronto Case studies.
Social change Ontario Toronto Case studies.
City planning Ontario Toronto Case studies.
City planning.
Neighborhoods.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Parkdale (Toronto, Ont.) History.
Parkdale (Toronto, Ont.) Social conditions.
Toronto (Ont.) History.
Toronto (Ont.) Social conditions.
Parkdale (Toronto, Ont.) Histoire.
Parkdale (Toronto, Ont.) Conditions sociales.
Ontario Toronto.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 264058
Call No.: BIB 195374
Status: Available

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