Toronto's Waterfront Plans Should Be Abandoned

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.

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July 20, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"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."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Scrap plans for new waterfront

Thursday, July 19, 2001 in The Toronto Star

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