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Kapuskasing - Garden City and Model Town
Description
- Creators:
- Bibliothèque Publique de Kapuskasing Public Library, Photographer
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- Media Type:
- Image
- Item Type:
- Photographs
- Description:
- Ontario Heritage Trust plaque titled "Kapuskasing - Garden City and Model Town.
- Notes:
- This plaque was unveiled on July 25th, 2007 and is located in Riverside Park, directly opposite Kapuskasing's Civic Centre at 88 Riverside Drive. The French text, which is titled "Plan de ville modèle de Kapuskasing fondé sur le mouvement d'urbanisme 'Garden City'", appears on the opposite side.
- Inscriptions:
- Kapuskasing - Garden City And Model Town -
In 1921 the Kimberly-Clark and the Spruce Falls companies constructed a pulp mill in Kapuskasing that would employ many workers. To plan for Kapuskasing's anticipated growth, the provincial government commissioned the architectural landscape firm of Harries & Hall to create a town plan, that incorporated elements of the late 19th century Garden City and City Beautiful town planning movements. The first provincially-planned single resource town in Ontario, Kapuskasing's design focused on a healthy living environment, architectural harmony, unified design and visual variety. The plan separated residential and industrial areas, included land dedicated to green space, parks and public buildings and a variety of innovative street patterns which remain today.
- Date of Original:
- July 25, 2007
- Date Of Event:
- 1921-1929
- Dimensions:
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Width: 40.5 px
Height: 36 px
- Subject(s):
- Language of Item:
- English
- Geographic Coverage:
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Latitude: 49.41566386460474
Longitude: -82.42908954620361
- Copyright Statement:
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact:
Kapuskasing Public Library/Bibliothèque publique
Email:
WWW address:
Agency street/mail address: 24 Mundy Avenue
Kapuskasing, Ontario
P5N 1P9
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