{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"Dylan Reid","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/dylan\/","title":"Reading List: Unplanned Suburbs - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WS7GzvJXKB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/09\/04\/reading-list-unplanned-suburbs\/\">Reading List: Unplanned Suburbs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/09\/04\/reading-list-unplanned-suburbs\/embed\/#?secret=WS7GzvJXKB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Reading List: Unplanned Suburbs&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"WS7GzvJXKB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/unplanned-suburbs-cover-wide.jpg","thumbnail_width":1800,"thumbnail_height":1200,"description":"We think of suburbs as places where the middle classes go to leave the city. But Richard Harris\u2019s book Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto\u2019s American Tragedy, 1900 to 1950 (1996) reveals that, for several decades around the beginning of the 20th century, Toronto actually frequently expanded through \u201cshacktowns\u201d on its edges. These shacktowns profoundly shaped how TorontoContinue reading"}