Category Archives: Culture

Discussion Group, Bring back our beaches

Posted on June 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1997) “When future generations see this splendid development and enjoy its privileges, they must declare that the men who conceived it had vision, “Toronto Mayor Alfred Maguire predicted upon opening Sunnyside Beach and Pavilion on June 28, 1922. Continue reading →

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Book reviews Libertarians miss holistic nature of society

Posted on June 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1997) (Free Press, 1997. 314 pages) $31. Politics in modern democracy is organized around a left-right axis. Other axes may represent ethnic, religious, or regional cleavages, but the left-right spectrum is always present. Continue reading →

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Planners from hell – The second suppression of Saigon

Posted on March 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(March 21, 1997) Immediately after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the victorious communists renamed Saigon after their leader, Ho Chi Minh, purged it of discos, luxury shops and other Western excesses, moved part of the populace to the countryside and brought the city to a listless calm. Continue reading →

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Discussion group on, reading, writing and racism (part 2 of 2)

Posted on March 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(March 21, 1997) The Next City Discussion Group, Reading, writing and racism. Black ideology is the black child’s most debilitating burden. Continue reading →

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