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Owen, David S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 17 Nov 1966, 80-86     Some figures about the Canadian urban population now and in the future. Problems of urbanization. How to avoid historical pitfalls of great cities. Facing the task as a whole. Making corrections. Exa

Hermant, Sydney, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 11 Jan 1968, 242-260     An assessment of the present political structure in Metropolitan Toronto. Some of the problems and dilemmas facing those who are concerned with its operations and planning. Succumbing to the temptati

Safdie, Moshe, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1989), 23 Feb 1989, 250-261     Looking back at the architecture of the 1960s. The negative images of modern development. A discussion of various factors affecting urban development, including the influence of public and private se

Erickson, Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 23 Nov 1967, 182-192     Inhabiting a place about which we show the most fantastic ignorance. Ways of thinking that have made it impossible for us to realize just what the city is. The tendency to particularize, to specializ

Lighthall, W.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1912), 30 Mar 1911, 232-237     City planning in general, and the speaker's own convictions with regard to two or three strong points: that the matter is one of very great urgency at the present moment; that city planning is not es

Cox, Wendell; Gilchrist, Steve; Golden, Anne, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 26 Feb 1997, 434-450     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Wendell Cox A discussion of three fundamental problems with the proposed megacity: that it will weaken democracy; that i

Arthur, Prof. Eric R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 20 Jan 1944, 238-251     The Report of the City Planning Board in Toronto now before the City Council; evidence of its labours over the past year on exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The number of municipalities acro