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A Pile Of Rubble? The Need For Comprehensive Control Of Demolitions

Year: 1971

Summary: Identifies the need to take planning into account when authorizing demolitions

BMR News Briefs

Year: 1961

Summary: The Bureau's recommendation to change TTC structure and advance proper legislation not promoted by the province; reorganization and self-examination in the County of Peel.

BMR News Briefs

Year: 1962

Summary: News Brief about improving efficiency by merging departments dealing with property development, buildings and properties etc.

BMR News Briefs: Bureau Brief On T.T.C.

Year: 1960

Summary: Bureau's recommendation to incorporate TTC in government; municipalities decision against code of ethics for municipal representatives; roads construction.

Bulletin: A Positive Approach To Urban Renewal

Year: 1962

Summary: Advocates a positive approach to urban renewal, with emphasis on conservation of property, public action, and rehabilitation.

Bulletin: Behind The Headlines A Statement On The Subway Controversy

Year: 1958

Summary: Analysis of political dispute regarding the construction of the east-west subway.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Submission To The Royal Commission On Metropolitan Toronto 1964

Year: 1964

Summary: A report submitted to the Royal Commission of Metropolitan Toronto examining the possibilities of removing incentives and needs for non-residential fiscal zoning. Addresses the possibility of partial fiscal amalgamation of thirteen municipalities to increase and pool revenue, as well as alternate systems for pooling and redistributing revenue among Toronto's boroughs.

Decentralization In Metro Toronto: Is It Being Threatened?

Year: 1982

Summary: Discusses transportation-oriented activities in Toronto, which may weaken the concept of decentralization.

Design For Development: Where Are You?

Year: 1977

Summary: Describes the Provincial government's approach to regional property development, regional government and local government fiscal reform. Identifies the need for more clarity in policies going forward.

Expropriation: Public Purpose Vs. Private Property

Year: 1966

Summary: Provides recommendations to alleviate the problems faced by expropriated owner-occupants.

Food For The Cities

Year: 1977

Summary: Report based on the Food For the Cities Conference, examining the issue of farmland protection in Ontario. Assesses the need for new provincial land use policies.

In 1938

Year: 1938

Summary: Major infrastructure challenges that need to be addressed.

Land Acquisition For The North Pickering Project

Year: 1972

Summary: Suggests that discrepancies between compensation schemes in Federal and Provincial legislation challenge the development plan to build an airport or new community project in North Pickering.

Land Banking: Investment In The Future

Year: 1973

Summary: Documents shortcomings of the urban land development process and suggests that public land banking (i.e. large-scale assembly of land in advance of price inflation by urbanization) could be used in Ontario to alleviate some of these problems.

Manana, Zaftra, To-Morrow The Day After To-Day, Any Day But This, Never.

Year: 1922

Summary: Discusses the building of the new union station and the problematic situation at the waterfront. Chronicles discussion surrounding waterfront development from 1888-1922.

Metro Center: Venture Into The Great Unknown

Year: 1971

Summary: Analysis of the planned mixed-use Metro Centre, the lack of enough information made public and the impact it would have on downtown Toronto.

Municipal Expropriation: The Need For A Jealous Vigilance

Year: 1971

Summary: Describes the legal background enabling expropriation for development.

Municipalities As Landlords And Land Development Partners

Year: 1967

Summary: Suggests the long-term increase in urban realty values and property tax is affected by public services and facilities. Provides recommendations for property development and land administration in Toronto.

Open Letter To His Worship Mayor William J. Stewart, Controllers And Aldermen

Year: 1933

Summary: Objection to the planned construction of Mt. Pleasant Bridge due to the municipality's deficit, claiming that such decisions should be part of a comprehensive plan and not made individually.

Open Letter: A Discussion Of T.T.C. Financing For The Citizen

Year: 1951

Summary: Discusses planning for TTC funding.

Open Letter: Design For The Civic Square

Year: 1957

Summary: Describes important considerations in the planning of the design for the new City Square.

Open Letter: Proposal For Two Diagonal Subway Routes

Year: 1955

Summary: Discusses the municipal responsibility to develop public transit and the fiscal challenges it poses.

Public Transportation Planning--Making It Easier For The Elderly

Year: 1973

Summary: Argues that transportation planning must take into account social needs - such as accessibility to the elderly - and not only traffic volume.

Redevelopment In Downtown

Year: 1964

Summary: Argues that zoning policy must be revised to achieve maximum growth in downtown Toronto.

Residential Bonus System: Why A City-Wide Bonus?

Year: 1972

Summary: Analysis of current and planned residential bonus system and endorsement of the need for a more flexible system in future.

Score At The End Of First Ten Year Period 0-0

Year: 1923

Summary: Cartoon highlighting the problematic situation of transit since the new Union Station still had not opened. The issue is portrayed as a kind of tug-of-war between the "bridge champion" and the "viaduct champion" with neither side able to win a decisive victory. The government and railway board looks on with amusement, while the citizens express frustration.

Should The Island Be An Airport?

Year: 1977

Summary: Reviews and analyses various proposed uses for the Toronto Island Airport site. Examines how this issue emerged, what means have been adopted to resolve it, and what evidence is available to support other proposed uses.

Should The Province Help Save Ontario's Downtowns?

Year: 1978

Summary: Analyzes the Downtown Revitalization Program, which allocates provincial funds to municipalities engaged in commercial development of the downtown area.

Street Railway Operation: Other Cities And The So Called Service At Cost Plan

Year: 1919

Summary: Comments from various North American cities on the service-at-cost plan for Street Railways. Asks questions about how the Railway should be administered in Toronto.

The City Improvement Plan

Year: 1929

Summary: Highlights major issues and questions regarding the vote on a by-law about the city improvement plan in the upcoming elections. Outlines the scope of the city improvement project as well as how this project is to be financed and undertaken. Work to be done includes the widening and straightening of University Avenue and Richmond Street, as well as the installation of a war memorial there, and the widening and opening of several other downtown streets, including York Street, Spadina Avenue, and Eastern Avenue.

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