Reinventing Brantford: A University Comes Downtown

by Leo A. Groarke

One hundred years ago, the City of Brantford advertised itself as the most important manufacturing centre in Canada. During the century that followed, its industrial economy boomed, faltered, and finally collapsed. By the end of the twentieth century, Brantford was known for unemployment, hard luck, and the infamy of having "the worst downtown in Canada." For twenty years the downtown was in steep decline. Significant attempts at urban revival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554884594
• ISBN13: 9781554884599
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 8.9"