GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hybridity, Scotiabank, Pacific Mall
9 Dec 2015
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Urban ethnic collectivities" appropriation of particular places in. 3 modes of place-making: the quotidian, the calendrical, the monumental. How group of ethnic people that live in the city are able to articulate certain places in the city itself: ex. Green town - people of this town haven"t put a barrier for people to visit the area, but the greek people were able to distinguish their neighborhood: chinatown very recognizable that it is a chinese area. Italian neighborhoods in the city: collage street"s little italy, st. clair ave west" corso italia. 1st italian in city arrived by end of 1800s and early 20th century. They settled in downtown toronto in little italy. They had no education, but they happened to be in toronto when. Toronto had a number of jobs found general labour jobs very quickly. After wwii, a new group of italians arrived (b/c of war & economic effects to italy) many came to canada (toronto) and the us.
