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Town and Crown: An Illustrated History of Canada’s Capital


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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a subarctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800 to 2011 and is the first major study that covers both sides of the Ottawa River, addressing the settlement history of Aboriginal, French, and English peoples.

Ottawa’s transformation was a significant Canadian achievement of the new profession of urban planning in the mid-20th century. Our national capital has the country’s most complete history of community planning and served as a gateway for important international planning ideas and designers. Town and Crown illustrates the influence of landscape architect and Olmsted protégé Frederick Todd, Chicago’s City Beautiful architect Edward Bennett, and British planner Thomas Adams. Prime Minister Mackenzie King maintained a direct interest in planning Canada’s capital for almost fifty years, choosing France’s leading urbaniste, Jacques Gréber, to plan the post-1945 redevelopment of the region.

The principal research method for Town and Crown includes over sixteen years of archival studies in North America, Australia, and Europe, and interviews with key politicians, designers, and planners that supplemented the contemporary research. The narrative is supplemented by over 200 images drawn from early sketches, historical maps, plans, and archival photography to illustrate the physical transformation of Canada’s federal capital.



Table of Contents:

List of Figures


Preface
Prologue


1. A Magnificent Site (Pre-1826)
2. Building Bytown (1826-1832)
3. Imperial Outpost (1832-1857)
4. The Queen’s Choice? (1858-1867)
5. Lumbertown (1868-1900)
6. Crown Plans: ‘Parking’ the Capital (1900-1912)
7. Crown Plans: City Beautiful? (1913-1920)
8. Roaring Twenties (1920-1930)
9. Depression and the Wartime Capital (1930-1944)
10. Post-War Plans (1945-1959)
11. Boom Town (1960-1969)
12. Town vs. Crown (1970-1989)
13. From Red Tape to Blue Chips? (1990-2011)
14. Town and Crown: Lessons for the Future of Canada’s Capital


Epilogue


Cast of Characters
Bibliographic Essay
Acknowledgements
Endnotes


Index



About the Author :

David Gordon, FCIP is Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. He was SURP Director from 2008-2018. Prior to returning to Queen’s, he practised in the public and private sector for 15 years. David is a founding Director of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and has shared their National Award of Distinction four times.
His books on planning history and urban redevelopment include Town and Crown: An Illustrated History of Canada’s Capital; Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities; and Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront. David has taught community planning at other universities including McGill, Ryerson, Toronto, Latvia, Western Australia, Harvard, MIT and Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar. He holds a DDes from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and an MPl and BSc from Queen’s.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780776638850
  • Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
  • Height: 267 mm
  • No of Pages: 454
  • Returnable: 03
  • Sub Title: An Illustrated History of Canada’s Capital
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0776638858
  • Publisher Date: 10 Aug 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 03
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 1047 gr


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