HIS395H5 Lecture Notes - Railway Town, Bruce Report, Commercial Property
Document Summary
End of boom years (1920s: some way extension of turn of century. Giant building: legitimate skyscraper in toronto was tallest in british commonwealth (at that time, not anymore) Railways building these hotels decided to build them chateau style (nationalist approach: reason why supreme court"s roof in in ^ style. Combination of cars everywhere: electric streetcars. Problem on roads, not enough space for all these motor vehicles (motor vehicle control) City of toronto represented by ward numbers, not annexing land i. e. leaside was railway town, etobicoke industrial, york township, east york township, york township. Separated out from york town, 1922 east york (still part of present day toronto), 1924. Toronto profoundly effected: 1931 17% unemployment in city of toronto, 1933 30% unemployment in city of toronto. Average in canada was higher than 30% Thousands of jobs that were created dry up -> no wage labor (boosted national average) Most affected: low wage jobs, not wealthy.
