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12 produkter
Dream States
Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias
Av John Lorinc
Häftad, 2022
157 kr
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WINNER OF THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DONNER BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE PATTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION GLOBAL CITIES BOOK AWARDIs the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for?The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of …
What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings
Av John Lorinc
Häftad, 2022
184 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 TASTE CANADA AWARD FOR CULINARY NARRATIVESFeatured on "The Sunday Magazine" on CBC RadioNearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world’s favorite lump of carbsIf the world's cuisines share one …
No Jews Live Here
A Story of Open Secrets and Hidden Identities
Av John Lorinc
Häftad, 2024
182 kr
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WINNER OF THE 2025 CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR MEMOIRNOMINEE FOR THE HERITAGE TORONTO 2025 BOOK AWARDA stolen sign, ‘No Jews Live Here,’ kept John Lorinc’s Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust.From pre-war Budapest to post-war Toronto, journalist John Lorinc unspools four …
Messy Cities
Why We Can't Plan Everything
Av Zahra Ebrahim, John Lorinc m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
183 kr
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Can messiness make our cities more liveable, lively, and inclusive?Crowded streets, sidewalk vendors, jumbled architecture, constant clamour, graffitied walls, parks gone wild: are these signs of a poorly managed city or indicators of urban vitality?Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything argues …
Ward
The Life and Loss of Toronto''s First Immigrant Neighbourhood
Av Tatum Taylor, Ellen Scheinberg m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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From the 1870s to the 1950s, waves of immigrants to Toronto – Irish, Jewish, Chinese and Italian, among others – landed in ‘The Ward’ in the centre of downtown. Deemed a slum, the area was crammed with derelict housing and ‘ethnic’ businesses; it was razed in the 1950s to make way for a grand civic …
Subdivided
City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity
E-bok, 2016
172 kr
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Using Toronto as a case study, Subdivided asks how cities would function if decision-makers genuinely accounted for race, ethnicity, and class when confronting issues such as housing, policing, labor markets, and public space. With essays contributed by an array of city-builders, it proposes …
Cities
Häftad, 2008, 12-15 år
99 kr
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A thought-provoking look at the demands and expectations we place on our growing cities in the twenty-first century. An excellent introduction to the subject for young adults.Today, more people live in cities than in rural areas. The search for better housing, transit, economic opportunity, and …
Ward
The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood
Av John Lorinc, Michael McClelland m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
234 kr
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From the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto -- Irish, Jewish, Italian, African American and Chinese, among others -- landed in 'The Ward.' Crammed with rundown housing and immigrant-owned businesses, this area, bordered by College and Queen, University and …
Subdivided
City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity
Häftad, 2016
168 kr
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Using Toronto as a case study, Subdivided asks how cities would function if decision-makers genuinely accounted for race, ethnicity, and class when confronting issues such as housing, policing, labor markets, and public space. With essays contributed by an array of city-builders, it proposes …
Any Other Way
How Toronto Got Queer
Av Stephanie Chambers, Jane Farrow m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
188 kr
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Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how these individuals and community networks have transformed Toronto from a place of churches and conservative mores …
Ward Uncovered
The Archaeology of Everyday Life
Av John Lorinc, Holly Martelle m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
210 kr
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An archaeological dig uncovers the secret history of Toronto’s long-forgotten first immigrant neighbourhood.In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall -- a site designated to become a major new court house. What they …
House Divided
How the Missing Middle Will Solve Toronto's Housing Crisis
Av Alex Bozikovic, Cheryll Case m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
216 kr
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Housing is increasingly unattainable in successful global cities, and Toronto is no exception -- in part because of zoning that protects “stable” residential neighborhoods with high property values. House Divided is a citizen’s guide for changing the way housing can work in big cities. Using …
