Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto

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Since 2010 Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscured a bigger, decade-long narrative of Toronto's ascending as a mature global city. It raises questions: What role does a mayor play in a city's temperament and self-confidence Can a terrible mayor make a city better by forcing its citizens to engage What place is there in our new decentralized, global, open-source world for an autocrat

Edward Keenan serves as senior editor and lead columnist at The Grid magazine in Toronto, Ontario. An eight-time finalist at the National Magazine Awards, he has written for and edited at Eye Weekly, Spacing magazine, and The Walrus.

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"A fascinating read and compelling snapshot of a city..." -- Quill & Quire "... [A] considered, and surprisingly personal, look at what makes Toronto tick." -- National Post "... [A] book that should be on every nightstand in the city." -- Books Under Skin blog

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Edward Keenan: Edward Keenan serves as senior editor and lead columnist at The Grid magazine in Toronto. An eight-time finalist at the National Magazine Awards, he was the top editor at Eye Weekly, a contributing editor at