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The Sociocultural Production of Urban Space: Building a Fully Accessible Toronto Housing Cooperative

The Sociocultural Production of Urban Space: Building a Fully Accessible Toronto Housing Cooperative THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION of urban space as a historical process. In Canada, nonequity housing cooperatives are not merely affordable housing but also an alternative to other residential arrangements mat for some, like the disabled, may include institutional living. We focus on the actual building that resulted from the process of creating a fully accessible cooperative in Toronto in light of the different interests of the parties involved, the meanings they ascribed to things and events, and changing circumstances. We attend particularly to the articulation between the cooperative form of social organization and the organization of space for an integrated community of able-bodied and disabled people, [housing, cooperatives, disabled, accessibility, building design] REEN-GABLED ROOFS WITH VARIED LEVELS and setbacks give Windward housing cooperative a postmodernist look in keeping with the trendy hotels, condominiums, and shops in Harbourfront, 90 hectares of Toronto's lake shore presented to the city in 1972 as an election-eve "gift" from the federal government. Opened in late 1986, Windward consists of an eight-story apartment building flanked by stacked townhouses, providing a total of 101 residential units. Although Windward does not stand out in the physical landscape, it is a social landmark. Windward http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

The Sociocultural Production of Urban Space: Building a Fully Accessible Toronto Housing Cooperative

City & Society , Volume 3 (1) – Jun 1, 1989

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1989 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0893-0465
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1548-744X
DOI
10.1525/city.1989.3.1.9
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Abstract

THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION of urban space as a historical process. In Canada, nonequity housing cooperatives are not merely affordable housing but also an alternative to other residential arrangements mat for some, like the disabled, may include institutional living. We focus on the actual building that resulted from the process of creating a fully accessible cooperative in Toronto in light of the different interests of the parties involved, the meanings they ascribed to things and events, and changing circumstances. We attend particularly to the articulation between the cooperative form of social organization and the organization of space for an integrated community of able-bodied and disabled people, [housing, cooperatives, disabled, accessibility, building design] REEN-GABLED ROOFS WITH VARIED LEVELS and setbacks give Windward housing cooperative a postmodernist look in keeping with the trendy hotels, condominiums, and shops in Harbourfront, 90 hectares of Toronto's lake shore presented to the city in 1972 as an election-eve "gift" from the federal government. Opened in late 1986, Windward consists of an eight-story apartment building flanked by stacked townhouses, providing a total of 101 residential units. Although Windward does not stand out in the physical landscape, it is a social landmark. Windward

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City & SocietyWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1989

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