In An Attempt
To Curb Suburban Sprawl
In
The 1960s
And 1970s
Many Suburban Neighbourhoods Of Toronto Encouraged High Density Populations
By Mixing Housing Lots With Apartment Buildings Far From
The Downtown Core
The Post War Years And
The Rise Of
The Personal Automobile Saw
The Rapid Rise Of
The Suburbs
As Occurred Across North America
The Most Important Suburban Development Was That Of Don Mills
In North York
Begun
In 1952
It Was
The First Planned Community
In Canada
And
It Initiated Many Practices That Would Become Standard
In Toronto Suburbs
The Don Mills Project Put Into Practice Many Of
The Ideas Of
The Garden City Movement
Based
On
The Ideas Developed
By Sir Ebenezer Howard
Creating
A Multi-use Community Focused
On Distinct Neighbourhoods
The Earliest Suburbs
In North York
Scarborough
And Etobicoke Mostly Consisted Of Small Single Family Homes Often Bungalows
Over Time Suburban Houses Have Grown
In Size
And Moved Away From
The Simplistic Post-war Designs Embracing
The Neo-eclectic Style
Toronto Suburbs
Are Different
In Character Than Those Of Other North American Cities
During
The 1960s
And 1970s
City Planners Tried
To Curb Sprawl
By Encouraging High Population Density
In
The Suburbs
With Many Modernist "Tower
In
The Park" Style Apartment Complexes Scattered Across
The Suburbs
With Several Toronto Boroughs Working
To Build Their Own Central Business Districts
And Move Beyond Being Bedroom Suburbs
To Being Centres Of Business
And Industry
As Well
This Has Had Mixed Results; This Policy Has Made Toronto Overall Denser Than Most Other North American Cities
Which Has Reduced Sprawl
And Made
It Easier
To Provide City Services Such
As Mass Transit
At
The Same Time
Planners Avoided Creating Mixed-use Areas
Forcing Suburban Residents
To Work
And Shop Elsewhere
Apartments
And Condominiums
. Toronto
is also home to
a number of private/independent elementary
secondary
and university-preparatory schools
including:
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