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Suburbia: A Review
Suburbia: A Review
The term suburbia conjures many perceptions. For some it's white picket fences, barbeques, and family gatherings. For others its separation and segregation, long stretches of roads with suspiciously happy names like easy street, neighborly lane, and harmony hill crescent. It's a dream and it's a nightmare. But regardless of opinion, it is inarguable that the desire for single-family home living has characterized development in North America since the end of World War II.
As a somewhat recent addition to Toronto, Scarborough has seen much of its development in the years following amalgamation. But its landscape remains highly entrenched in the fabric that was laid out in the 50's and 60's when single-family living was at peak desire. This has left Scarborough in a strange middle-ground. Not quite suburban, not quite city, but certainly not the forested or rural agricultural land it once was. Scarborough is suburban-ish, so what does that mean? and what do we do with it?