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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Gardiner Expressway, Don Valley Parkway, Cancelled expressways in Toronto, Ontario Highway 2A, Ontario Highway 427, Ontario Highway 27, Allen Road. Excerpt: The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, known locally as "the Gardiner," is an expressway connecting downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada with its western suburbs. Running close to the shore of Lake Ontario, it now extends from the junction of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in the west to the foot of the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) in the east, just past the mouth of the Don River. Ea...
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Frederick Gardiner's public life was rich and long, from his initiation into politics as a Toronto schoolboy before the First World War, through his involvement with the Ontario Conservative party and suburban politics in the 1930s and 1940s, on through his years as first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto (1953-61), to the relinquishing of his last public office in 1979. This is a readable and perceptive biography of the exuberant and powerful politician who captured the public imagination of Toronto and created a legend around himself during his lifetime. The book focuses mainly on Gardiner's experience as founding boss of Metropolitan Toronto. This first metropolitan government in North Ame...