Redimensioning Montreal: Circulation and Urban Form, 1846-1918

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Author/collaborator
Title
Redimensioning Montreal: Circulation and Urban Form, 1846-1918
Abstract
The author argues that the built form of Montreal between 1846 and 1918 was continually shaped and reshaped by the evolving strategies of a local “growth machine” which sought to reduce the turnover time of capital by “redimensioning” the urban “vascular system” – streets, sidewalks, tracks, bridges, elevators and canals – within which circulation took place. He also maintains that each wave of urban growth brought a dramatic increase in the flow of goods and people through the city, increased competition for land, raised the bid-rent curve and intensified pressure to adapt built forms inherited from the past to accommodate new demands.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
McGill University
Place
Montreal
Date
2002
# of Pages
xiii-277p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Gilliland, Jason Andrew. “Redimensioning Montreal: Circulation and Urban Form, 1846-1918.” PhD dissertation, McGill University, 2002. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-38193.pdf.
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