Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City that Might Have BeenUnbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the city's founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers may lament the loss of some projects (such as the Eaton's College Street tower), be thankful for the disappearance of others (a highway through the Annex), and marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads and walkways in the sky). Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew. |
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Project Toronto and Project Spadina | 38 |
Metro Centre | 44 |
Queen Street Subway | 133 |
A Vertically Separated Entrance | 139 |
Spadina Expressway | 143 |
Toronto TowersBank of Nova Scotia Building | 152 |
Eatons College Street | 158 |
Victory BuildingBayview Ghost | 164 |
Toronto Hydro Tower | 170 |
Willowdale Telecommunication Tower | 175 |
Harbour City | 52 |
Ontario Legislative Buildings | 62 |
St Albans Cathedral | 69 |
Victoria Square | 77 |
Toronto City Hall 19251955 | 83 |
New City Hall | 91 |
Mississauga City Hall | 99 |
Toronto and Georgian Bay Ship CanalNew Market Canal | 106 |
Prince Edward Viaduct | 113 |
Hamilton Northwest Entrance | 120 |
Island Tunnel | 126 |