About the Author:
SHAWN MICALLEF is a weekly columnist with the Toronto Star, co-founder of Spacing magazine, and an instructor at the University of Toronto. He is a frequent commentator on urban issues and is known for his passion for the city – its geography, architecture, culture, and people. Follow him @ShawnMicallef.
Review:
"Cities are our future but they are also becoming more unequal and unaffordable. Combining on-the-ground reporting with an urbanist's eye for the big picture, Shawn Micallef takes a deep dive into his own Toronto to illuminate the opportunities and challenges facing its people and those of aspiring cities across the globe. A must read for builders of cities and anyone who lives in one." —Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and Who's Your City?
"There was a time when foreign governments would have sought out Shawn Micallef, so natural a sleuth he is: walking streets and neighbourhoods, crashing Rob Ford parties, and the listening companion of councillors and urban advocates, all the while viewing the city's disparate corners with relish and an unprejudiced eye. 'It's a Canadian thing,' says Micallef, 'not to tell our own stories enough.' We can be thankful that he is the exception." —Noah Richler, author of The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
"Toronto is a city of subtleties, one that doesn't lend itself to easy description, but there is no one who knows and writes Toronto better than Shawn Micallef and Frontier City proves that. It is a book for everyone who has ever loved, and held one's breath for, any city."
—Tabatha Southey, writer, columnist with The Globe and Mail
Praise for Shawn Micallef:
· "As Toronto grows into a more mature, more compelling city, a new group of non-academic, street-smart urbanists has emerged to appreciate it. . . . Shawn Micallef is one of the sharpest of this sharp-eyed breed." —The Globe and Mail
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