GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Toronto City, Urban Renewal, Old Toronto
6 Dec 2016
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Friday, december 9 at 7 pm in mattamy athletic centre. Gentrification, the politics of fear and neoliberal urban redevelopment programs: gentrification always looked at social classes but this reading focuses more on what gentrification has to do in relation to families. Who belongs to the revitalized space: gentrification presents itself as helpful to women, sends the message that living in downtown is very liberating for women. How condos are advertised: liberating for women with financial strength, focuses on women and men for potential consumers, for women, tries to show women having fun. If you want to have a good lifestyle, you better buy into the condo market: for men, They sho(cid:449) you pa(cid:396)t of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:271)ody sho(cid:449)s (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:271)ody as a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odity. Women in the scary city that you can buy: condo developers are trying to convince women that downtown toronto is safe, fears instilled in women to stay careful to be aware.
