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August 13, 2000
Going medieval: Can old city-state idea work here?
Toronto City Council's bid to wrest more power from Queen's Park has its roots in an ancient rivalry between towns and their overlords, one dating back almost 1,000 years.
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August 9, 2000
What's your lakefront vision?
The Toronto Society of Architects has a better idea - and it may be yours.
The society has launched a competition, open to all, for design ideas about Toronto's docklands. Conceived in response to the Fung report on the waterfront, the event aims to raise awareness as well as concepts.
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August 5, 2000
They cover the waterfront
Nowadays, Toronto's waterfront marks the end of the city. Two hundred years ago, it marked the beginning of the city.
Indeed, Toronto owes its very existence to its position on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The English, and before them the French, settled here because of its value as a natural harbour and its proximity to the mouths of several rivers that flowed down from the hinterland.
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