This paper examines reactions to drive-in restaurants in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It begins by laying out the main themes of a suburban critique of drive-ins, which were seen as symbols of larger problems of automobile landscapes, urban sprawl, runaway progress, and honky-tonk modernity. Next, the paper focuses more closely on an extended anti-drive-in campaign in Bronte, Ontario, one of many villages swept into the growing suburban sprawl around Toronto after World War II. There, a vocal group of activists rebelled against the nature of development in the area, mounting vigorous resistance to high-rise apartments, increased traffic, gas stations, and fast food restaurants. Drawing on the "pro-peop...
The introduction of the automobile at the turn of the century revolutionized all aspects of Canadian...
Using qualitative interviews, this thesis examines bicycle and car politics in Toronto, Canada to un...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...
Beginning in the 1950s, hundreds of cities in Canada and the United States experimented with closing...
In Ontario in the late 1960s, the provincial government’s plan to build an expressway through the An...
Automobiles and summer cottages both play important roles in Ontario society, but neither of them ha...
Acts of domination are not always easy to identify, and in hindsight, the best intentions of post WW...
The rise of the 'fast food' concept as it is understood in the 21st century is the result ...
This article is the resuit of fieldwork carried out alongside panhandlers on the streets of Toronto,...
During the late 1960s and early 1970s the Canadian government effected a turnabout in its urban rene...
This dissertation examines the discursive production of new developments and the reinvention of subu...
This article which covers thirty years of central-area change in the City of Kitchener, Ontario focu...
In many North American cities, the last two decades have witnessed not only the large-scale return o...
Drawing on in-depth stakeholder interviews and media accounts, we explore a case of civic activism o...
The motor vehicle has been a powerful force reshaping cities in the 20th century. This study, with a...
The introduction of the automobile at the turn of the century revolutionized all aspects of Canadian...
Using qualitative interviews, this thesis examines bicycle and car politics in Toronto, Canada to un...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...
Beginning in the 1950s, hundreds of cities in Canada and the United States experimented with closing...
In Ontario in the late 1960s, the provincial government’s plan to build an expressway through the An...
Automobiles and summer cottages both play important roles in Ontario society, but neither of them ha...
Acts of domination are not always easy to identify, and in hindsight, the best intentions of post WW...
The rise of the 'fast food' concept as it is understood in the 21st century is the result ...
This article is the resuit of fieldwork carried out alongside panhandlers on the streets of Toronto,...
During the late 1960s and early 1970s the Canadian government effected a turnabout in its urban rene...
This dissertation examines the discursive production of new developments and the reinvention of subu...
This article which covers thirty years of central-area change in the City of Kitchener, Ontario focu...
In many North American cities, the last two decades have witnessed not only the large-scale return o...
Drawing on in-depth stakeholder interviews and media accounts, we explore a case of civic activism o...
The motor vehicle has been a powerful force reshaping cities in the 20th century. This study, with a...
The introduction of the automobile at the turn of the century revolutionized all aspects of Canadian...
Using qualitative interviews, this thesis examines bicycle and car politics in Toronto, Canada to un...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...