Resources on Lawrence Heights
Formerly available at the Urban Affairs Library, moved to the Toronto Reference Library
Reports/Studies/Books:
A survey of health, welfare and recreation needs of, and services provided to tenant so two public housing projects in Metropolitan Toronto: a staff report.
February 1961
363.58509 S79 Toronto Desk
Life in the heights: the tenants’ viewpoint: interim report.
December 1966
363.585 D25 Urban Stacks
The people, places and priorities of Lawrence Heights…findings…
1997
306.09713 R12 Toronto Desk
The people, places and priorities of Lawrence Heights…conclusions…
1997
306.09713 R12.2 Toronto Desk
Write-ups from Lawrence Heights Community Quality of Life Project
1997
306.09713 R12.3 Toronto Desk
North York housing policy study
November 1975
363.50971 P133 Urban Stacks
North York Social Profile
1992
302.60971 N593 1992 Urban Stacks
Journals:
Don’t fence me in: Lawrence Heights, a 41-hectare public housing project in Toronto, is poised for a complete overhaul to upgrade its housing stock and improve access to service. John Lorinc. Canadian Architect 53:11 (Nov 2008): p33(3)
Lawrence Heights-additional articles
The shape of the city. John Sewell.Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1993. Pages 102-106.
“Planning and urban renewal.” Stanley H. Pickett. Community Planning Review.Vol VII, No.2. June 1957. Page 129.
(Not specifically on Lawrence Heights, but referred to in Sewell book, and representative of thinking at the time.)
City of North York, District 3-4 Plan. Office Consolidation. August 1987
(Does not mention Lawrence Heights by name, but planning document for the area.
“Government policies as a threat to health: findings from two Toronto community quality of life studies.” Dennis Raphael; Sherry Phillips; Rebecca Renwick; Hersh Sehdev. Canadian Journal of Public Health; May/Jun 2000; 91, 3; CBCA Complete. pg. 181.
See attached.
Racism, Violence and Health Project
Report on the Black Community Forum
Lawrence Park Community Centre
January 11, 2003
http://rvh.socialwork.dal.ca/09%20Downloads/torfor0203.pdf
"Lovely spaces in Unknown Places: creative city building in Toronto's Inner suburbs," by Michael Noble.
http://www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca/pdfs/publications/RP217NobleMarch2009.pdf
See page 24.