Toronto: Linking the Lake - Solutions for an Urban Infrastructural Disconnect

Toronto: Linking the Lake - Solutions for an Urban Infrastructural Disconnect

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Main Author: De Wet, Andres MG
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:
Urban Planning
Toronto
rail capping
ageing infrastructure
urban design
urban freeway
economic development
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491557866968756
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin14915578669687562021-08-03T07:01:21Z Toronto: Linking the Lake - Solutions for an Urban Infrastructural Disconnect De Wet, Andres MG Urban Planning Toronto rail capping ageing infrastructure urban design urban freeway economic development Limited-access road and rail infrastructure in inner-cities connects the whole at the expense of the affected parts. The 1950’s and 60’s ushered in an era of urban renewal and freeway building that saw cities connected to far-flung suburbs, compromising their neighborhoods, residents and urban livability. Railway construction predated this and, as public-transit, has not attracted the planners’ ire to the same intensity as have freeways; however, it remains a grey ribbon of localized disconnect in inner-cities. Only recently has rail been seen as retrofitable to the local urban need. Toronto has triple wicked urban problems: wide swathes of rail, an elevated urban freeway, and unsightly and choked at-grade arterials. All this, in the heart of a burgeoning city. A city that allows for design dreams, in an environment of perpetual fiscal prudence. A city whose primary urban activity zones straddle this arterial road and rail drosscape. A city seeking spatial unity and a reconnection to its gleaming and burgeoning lakefront. 2017-09-12 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491557866968756 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491557866968756 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center.
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topic Urban Planning
Toronto
rail capping
ageing infrastructure
urban design
urban freeway
economic development
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Toronto
rail capping
ageing infrastructure
urban design
urban freeway
economic development
De Wet, Andres MG
Toronto: Linking the Lake - Solutions for an Urban Infrastructural Disconnect
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