Unbuilt Toronto - (City That Might Have Been) by Mark Osbaldeston (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><em>Unbuilt Toronto</em> explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto, delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads and highways, transit systems, and sports and recreation venues.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Unbuilt 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.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Featuring 147 photographs and illustrations, many never before published, Unbuilt Toronto casts a different light on a city you thought you knew.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Compelling text along with dozens of photos and plans make <i>Unbuilt Toronto </i> a lot of fun to read - and there's an equally great sequel to boot.-- "Spacing"<br><br><p>An impressively researched exploration of dozens of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city Ideally, this book will give necessary perspective to the bureaucrats, planners, and architects who contribute to the evolving form of the city. One hopes that Unbuilt Toronto will inspire a sustained collective vision that will ameliorate a Toronto that at times seems more than an amateurish aggregation of merely good-enough interventions.</p>--Canadian Architect<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Mark Osbaldeston has written about architecture and city planning for the National Post and Eye Weekly, and has reviewed architecture books for Quill & Quire and Azure. A lawyer, he has practised in both the private and public sectors. He lives in Toronto.</p>
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