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Gardiner, Frederick G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 5 Nov 1953, 52-65     The unique experiment which is the establishment of Metropolitan Toronto. A recognition that the expansion in this area is indicative of the tremendous industrial and commercial development which is

Davies, Major G. Fay, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 30 Nov 1944, 163-184     Questions about postwar conditions. The Toronto Reconstruction Council: makeup, terms of reference, plans and policies. Making provision for employment and social security. Finding a basis of operati

Miller, His Worship Mayor David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 11 May 2004, 394-405     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. A wave of optimism about cities. The opportunity to get a "new deal." The need for that new deal. The key pieces from To

Burton, C.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 4 Apr 1929, 149-159     The speaker begins by stating: "Our Mayor and Board of Control, our City Council, The Toronto Board of Trade, our Harbour Commissioners and various public bodies and corporations and citizens have de

Bruce, His Honour, Lieut.-Colonel The Honourable Herbert A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1934), 12 Apr 1934, 541-556     Toronto's celebration of its centenary this year. Toronto actually "coming out of the woods," the woods that for centuries bordered the lake. A visit to the past to see how it all happened. A look at

Gourlay, R.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 16 Jan 1913, 129-145     Some statistical facts that refer to Toronto's position today industrially and commercially. First, two plans which the speaker brought with him that show an accurate survey of the city waterfront, a

Houston, William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 28 Apr 1910, 247-249     A series of comparisons showing how greatly the city of Toronto has expanded over the time of the speaker's 45 years of continuous residence. Indicating the duty of its citizens in view of the certai

Harris, R.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 19 Dec 1929, 336-349     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Toronto Board of Trade. Information relative to the proposed City Improvement Plan for Toronto. Features of the Advisory City Planning Reform as r

Grier, A. Monro, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 16 May 1912, 250-261     The proposition that Toronto, outside of the British Isles themselves, is or should be hereafter the most considerable city in the whole of the British Empire. Looking at the matter geographically. C

Dennison, His Worship Mayor William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1969), 9 Jan 1969, 112-123     A vision of Toronto 25 years from now. A description of plans for Toronto organized under the following headings: Toronto's harbour; The waterfront plan, Taxes; Spending the taxpayers' money; Party p

Lamport, Allan and Parkin, John C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 22 Jan 1959, 170-183     Mr. Parkin The problem, as an architect, of qualifying as an expert in transportation. The impact of design and provision of transportation facilities on the physical characteristics of communities.

Reed, T.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Feb 1925, 80-96     A few points out of the many that in one way or another have an important bearing upon the story of the foundation and development of the community of Toronto. Getting a glimpse of the humble beginni

Maclean, W.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 7 Nov 1907, 81-90     The areas which the speaker suggests must be taken in when speaking of Greater Toronto for three great public reasons: to control the water supply of all that country; to control the roads and the tr

Saunders, Controller Leslie H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 25 Feb 1953, 223-237     The speaker's division of his address under the following headings: What the City asked for; Why the City asked for amalgamation; Some facts about the situation at that time; The Cumming Report; The

Hardy, Eric, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1950), 23 Mar 1950, 266-275     A metropolitan area and how it differs from an ordinary small urban community. An analogy of a metropolitan area with a spider web. Change in and around the Toronto area through growth, growth that i

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

Miller, David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2007), 26 Sep 2005, 39-48     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The role Toronto businesses need to play in the safety of our city. Providing jobs and other opportunities to young peop

Sheard, Charles M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 24 Oct 1907, 66-80     A history of the subject. The state of the harbour of Toronto. The depositing of sewage into the harbour daily at the rate of 25,000,000 gallons per day. The asset of our harbour being frittered away

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