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Toronto's Waterfront Plans Should Be Abandoned

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
20 July 2001 - 12:00pm

David Lewis Stein makes the argument that plans to rebuilt Toronto's port area should be abandoned and the funds should be used to serve Greater Toronto's fast growing outer cities.

"Toronto is not rich and now it has a family to consider, the 25 outer cities of Greater Toronto. Time to make hard choices.The port lands scheme is the thinking of the old-style, downtown elite. It thinks city government's job is to create wealth by increasing the value of real estate."

Full Story: Scrap plans for new waterfront
Source: The Toronto Star, July 19, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.
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