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NOTE: OUR SPEAKER's NIGHT SERIES IS AN EXCLUSIVE EVENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ETOBICOKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A MEMBER, PLEASE VISIT: http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/become-a-member.htmlThe Beaches (not the Beach) is one of the city’s best-known neighbourhoods, and its history has been recounted in several excellent local publications. But over the course of researching and writing his new book on the history of the neighbourhood, Richard White found plenty of history – both facts and interpretations – that had not yet been told. Richard will highlight some of the key findings in his book.
Richard White (PhD 1995, University of Toronto) was a longstanding, now retired, part-time lecturer in history at the UT, initially Canadian history at UT Mississauga and, latterly, the history of urban planning at UT Scarborough. His first academic specialty was the history of civil engineering, but a few years as the inaugural Research Director of the Toronto-based Neptis Foundation led him into the history of urban planning, a field in which he remains active. His book Planning Toronto: The Planners, the Plans, Their Legacies, 1940-80 (UBC Press, 2016) was named best local or regional history in Ontario by the Ontario Historical Society in 2017. A long-time resident of the Beaches neighbourhood, he began researching its history several years ago and recently completed The Beaches: Creation of a Toronto Neighbourhood (UT Press, forthcoming).
Event photo: Painting, "The Boardwalk at Toronto Beaches" (1974), by William Kurelek
Location: Montgomery's Inn, 4709 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON M9A 1A8
Start Time: 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
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4709 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON M9A 1A8, Canada, 4709 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M9A 1A8, Canada,Toronto, Ontario
