Thursday, March 01, 2007

Celebrating Don Mills Heritage
February 28, 2007

NORTH YORK - Celebrating Don Mills Heritage: A Tribute to the Builders of Our Community @ Don Mills Library. Event held to acknowledge the city developers, builders, urban planners and the history of Don Mills. Don Mills was planned as a model town that would humanize urban life in an age of industry and automobile. Built between 1952 and 1963 on 835 hectares of land, between the west and east Don River valleys. It's design has been imitated in suburban developments across Canada.

Macklin Hancock BSA, FCSLA, FCIP, OALA, CIP, RPP, designed Don Mills.

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