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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:30:00 +0530
| here is another lets-make-a-deal institution
Dated rules destroy city planning
Dec. 11, 2006. 06:34 AM
CHRISTOPHER HUME
Urban planning is one of those things like democracy or justice;
everybody agrees we need it, but no one's sure how to get it or exactly
what it means.
Is it an art? Or a science? Perhaps it's both. In any case, one topic on
which there's consensus is that planning in Toronto doesn't work.
Residents don't like what they see. Neither do developers, politicians,
or planners themselves.
Though there are cities where planners manage to contribute positively —
Vancouver is the best Canadian example — Toronto planners leave just
about everyone dissatisfied.
cont'd....
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