Entrance
Images
The Nature of Neighbourhoods
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Victorian Toronto
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Arrival Cities
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Books
Clarke, Austin. In This City. Exile Editions, 1992.
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Streetcar Suburbs
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Images
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Tower Neighbourhoods
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Images
Books
Bezmozgis, David. Natasha And Other Stories. HarperCollins, 2004.
Queer Toronto
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Images
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Tkaronto
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Books
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Factories
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Workers’ Housing
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Supplementary Resources
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Atwood, Margaret. The Blind Assassin. McClelland & Stewart, 2000.
Barbour, Dale. Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850–1935. University of Manitoba Press, 2021.
Bezmozgis, David. Natasha And Other Stories. HarperCollins, 2004.
Bolduc, Denise, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, and Brian Wright-McLeod. Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place. Coach House Books, 2021.
Bonnell, Jennifer L. Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley. University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Brand, Dionne. The Unpublished City. Book*hug, 2017.
Brand, Dionne. What We All Long For. Knopf Canada, 2005.
Bunch, Adam. The Toronto Book of Love. Dundurn Press, 2021.
Bunch, Adam. The Toronto Book of the Dead. Dundurn Press, 2017.
Carmichael, Curtis. Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration. Synergy Books, 2021.
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Cronenberg, Cassandra. Down the Street. Quattro Books, 2014.
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Donaldson, Emily. Best Canadian Essays 2019. Biblioasis, 2019.
Dovercourt, Jonny. Any Night of the Week: A DIY History of Toronto Music, 1957-2001. Coach House Books, 2019.
Ellis, Sarah, and Nancy Vo. As Glenn as Can Be. Groundwood Books, 2022.
Finucan, Stephen. Foreigners. Penguin Canada, 2009.
Fiorito, Joe. Union Station: Love, Madness, Sex and Survival on the Streets of the New Toronto. McClelland & Stewart, 2007.
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Hernandez, Catherine. Scarborough. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017.
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Li, Na. Kensington Market: Collective Memory, Public History, and Toronto’s Urban Landscape. University of Toronto Press, 2015.
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Loo, Jason. Pitiful Human Lizard: Far from Legendary. Chapterhouse Comics, 2016.
Lorinc, John, Ed Jackson, Jane Farrow, Maureen Fitzgerald, Rahim Thawer, Rebecca Sheffield, Stephanie Chambers, Tatum Taylor, Tim McCaskell. Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. Coach House Books, 2017.
Lorinc, John, Holly Martelle, Michael McClelland, and Tatum Taylor. The Ward Uncovered: The Archaeology of Everyday Life. Coach House Books, 2018.
Lorinc, John, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, and Tatum Taylor. The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood. Coach House Books, 2015.
Loucks, Don, and Leslie Valpy. Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto’s Workers from the 1820s to the 1920s. Dundurn Press, 2021.
MacCallum, Pete, and Rebecca Diederichs. Peter MacCallum: Material World : Photographs: Interiors, 1986-2004, Concrete Industries, 1998-2004. YYZ Books, 2004.
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McBride, Jason, and Alana Wilcox. UTOpia: Towards a New Toronto. Coach House Books, 2005.
Méndez, Yamile Saied, and Jaime Kim. Where Are You From? HarperCollins, 2019.
Meslin, Dave, Christina Palassio, and Alana Wilcox. Local Motion: The Art of Civic Engagement in Toronto. Coach House Books, 2010.
Micallef, Shawn. Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. Coach House Books, 2010.
Monk, Philip. Is Toronto Burning? Three Years in the Making (and Unmaking) of the Toronto Art Scene. Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2016.
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Pirbhai, Mariam. Isolated Incident. Mawenzi House, 2022.
Redhill, Michael. Consolation. Doubleday Canada, 2006.
Reid-Benta, Zalika. Frying Plantain. House of Anansi Press Incorporated, 2019.
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Smyth, William J. Toronto, the Belfast of Canada: The Orange Order and the Shaping of Municipal Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2015.
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Online Articles
Akimbo. “Call for Expressions of Interest: Public Artwork for Overlea Boulevard and Bridge Renewal, Toronto,” 2023.‘
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Ball, Jason. “Once Upon a City: Allan Gardens’ Rich History of Revolution.” CBC News, 2021.
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Bateman, Chris. “A Brief History of Garrison Creek, Lost but Not Forgotten.” blogTO, 2012.
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Dimatteo, Enzo. “Hidden Toronto: Prince Edward Viaduct Public Lavatory.” NOW Toronto, 2021.
Doss, Suresh. “This Afghan Lunch Spot Is a Hidden Gem Tucked Away in a Meat Store.” CBC News, 2022.
Draaisma, Muriel. “Encampment Residents Say Permanent Housing, Not Brute Force, Is Solution to Homelessness.” CBC News, 2021.
Elpa, Anne Marie, and Karon Liu. “Toronto’s Little Manila Is a Culinary Destination. A Look at Three of the Area’s Most Popular Restaurants.” Toronto Star, 2021.
Eskenazi, Marc Philippe. “What to Do About Your Noisy Neighbors.” The New Yorker, 2023.
Hauen, Jack. “10 Things You Don’t Know about the Bloor St. Viaduct as It Turns 100.” Toronto Star, 2018.
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Knegt, Peter. “Long Live The Beaver: A Celebration of Toronto’s Most Beloved Queer Space.” CBC Arts, 2020.
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Mathieu, Emily. “Knocking on One Door at a Time.” Toronto Star, 2022.
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Sienkiewicz, Alexandra. “Here Are Your Biggest Complaints about Living in Toronto Condos.” CBC, 2017.
Taruc, Marivel. “Capturing the ‘vibe of Toronto’ Key for Queen West Artist.” CBC News, 2014.
Teitel, Emma. “As the Queer Community Spreads out, Can the Gay Village Remain Vital?” Toronto Star, 2017.
Journal Articles
Anderson, Doug, and Alexandra Flynn. “Rethinking ‘Duty’: The City of Toronto, a Stretch of the Humber River, and Indigenous-Municipal Relationships.” Alberta Law Review 58, no. 1 (2020): 107-32.
Bain, Alison L. “Constructing Contemporary Artistic Identities in Toronto Neighbourhoods.” The Canadian Geographer 47, no. 3 (2003): 303-317.
Bain, Alison L., William Payne, and Jaclyn Isen. “Rendering a Neighbourhood Queer.” Social & Cultural Geography 16, no. 4 (2015): 424-443.
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Dickau, Joel, Jeffrey M. Pilcher, and Samantha K. Young. “If You Wanted Garlic, You had to Go to Kensington: Culinary Infastructure and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Toronto’s Food Markets before Official Multiculturalism.” Food, Culture, & Society 24, no. 1 (2021): 31-48.
Forrest, Ray and Ade Kearns. “Social Cohesion, Social Capital and the Neighbourhood.” Urban Studies 38, no. 12 (2001): 2125-2143.
Fortier, Craig. “The Humber Is a Haunting: Settler Deathscapes, Indigenous Spectres, and the Memorialisation of a Canadian Heritage River.” Antipode 54, no. 1 (2022): 259–83.
Freeman, Victoria. “Toronto Has No History!: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Historical Memory in Canada’s Largest City.” Urban History Review 38, no. 2 (2010): 21-35.
Goheen, Peter G. “The Assertion of Middle-Class Claims to Public Space in Late Victorian Toronto.” Journal of Historical Geography 29, no. 1 (2003): 73-92.
Hackworth, Jason, and Josephine Rekers. “Ethnic Packaging and Gentrification: The Case of Four Neighborhoods in Toronto.” Urban Affairs Review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 41, no. 2 (2005): 211-36.
Harris, Richard. “A Working-Class Suburb for Immigrants, Toronto 1909-1913.” Geographical Review 81, no. 3 (1991): 318-332.
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Lombardo, Nicholas “White-Collar Workers and Neighbourhood Change: Jarvis Street in Toronto, 1880–1920”. Urban History Review / Revue d’histoire urbaine 43, no. 1 (2014) : 5-19.
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Millward, Andrew A., and Senna Sabir. “Benefits of a Forested Urban Park: What Is the Value of Allan Gardens to the City of Toronto, Canada?” Landscape and Urban Planning 100, no. 3 (2011): 177-88.
Murdie, Robert A. and Carlos Teixera. “Towards a Comfortable Neighbourhood and Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experiences in Toronto.” CERIS Working Paper 10 (2004): 1-31
Nasar, Jack L. and David A. Julian. “The Psychological Sense of Community in the Neighborhood.” Journal of the American Planning Association 61, no. 2 (1995): 178-184.
Nash, Catherine J. “LGBT Neighbourhoods and ‘New Mobilities’: Towards Understanding Transformations in Sexual and Gendered Urban Landscapes.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38, no. 3 (2014): 756–772.
Nash, Catherine Jean. “Queering Neighbourhoods: Politics and Practice in Toronto.” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 12 no. 2 (2015): 193-219.
Palusci, Oriana. “Nothing is what it appears to be: Bollywood/Hollywood, Little India, Toronto” Tangram Edizioni Scientifiche (2014).
Sheppard, Amanada J., Christina Salmon, Priya Balasubramaniam, Janet Parsons, Gita Singh, Amina Jabbar, Qamar Zaidi, et al. “Are Residents of Downtown Toronto Influenced by their Urban Neighbourhoods? Using Concept Mapping to Examine Neighbourhood Characteristics and their Perceived Impact on Self-Rated Mental Well-being.” International Journal of Health Geographics 11, no. 1 (2012): 31-31.
Toronto Public Health and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal. “A Healthy Toronto By Design Report: Toward Healthier Apartment Neighbourhoods.” (2012)
Udoh-Orok, Eno. “Tower Renewal: Community Development in Toronto’s Apartment Neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park.” Ryerson University Major Research Paper (2018): 1-58.
Digital Frames
Images
Films
All films courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
Toronto Boom Town
Dir. Leslie McFarlane
1951 | 10 min.
Farewell Oak Street
Dir. Grant McLean
1953 | 16 min.
City Limits
Dir. Laurence Hyde
1971 | 28 min.
Taxi
Dir. Barry Greenwald
1982 | 57 min.
World in a City
Dir. Brett Story
2016 | 13 min.
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