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This is a must see clip in which CBC TV’s “The Way It Is”\u00a0 interviewed Jane Jacobs about development trends in Toronto and Montreal, circa 1969.<\/p>\n

As a Montrealer who somewhat guiltily enjoys my jaunts to Toronto, I felt I could relate to Jabos’ description of Toronto’s “civic schizophrenia” :<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one level, there\u2019s the spirit of individuals and small groups who do things, what you might call the vernacular spirit.\u00a0 this is all very informal and genius, quite romantic and full of fun,” <\/em>she says, while on the other hand, “the official spirit of Toronto is \u201cstamp out fun,\u201d pompous, impressed with mediocrity if it\u2019s very very big and expensive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Her take on Montreal was more surprising: “I notice frequently criticism that Montreal has done so much building, including expo and very grand buildings, and there doesn’t seem to be much slum clearance. I think it\u2019s one of the most fortunate things about Montreal that hasn’t gone in for slum clearance\u2026,” she says.<\/p>\n

While it is hard to believe that, in the midst of the Drapeau era, during the decade that saw the Faubourg \u00e0 m’lasse<\/em>, Goose Village and the Village des Tanneries<\/em> razed, Jacobs perceived Montreal as having a refreshing approach to mixing rehabilitated old buildings with new construction, it is even more stunning to realize that critics were calling for even more neighbourhood clearance. How different things seem in hindsight!<\/p>\n

And while Jacobs’ vintage takes on highway and waterfront development in Montreal are fascinating, she also boldly addresses the toll that discrimination towards Francophone Montrealers, in terms of access to capital for development, has had on our urban landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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