Petition updateToronto City Council: Designate U of T Back Campus a "Cultural Heritage Landscape"

Why turf an oasis of Toronto’s urban heritage?

Lauryn DrainieToronto, Canada
Mar 14, 2013 — http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/why-turf-an-oasis-of-torontos-urban-heritage/article9077461/ Canada’s largest university, set in the heart of downtown Toronto, is preparing to drastically shrink its campus green space to build new artificial-turf playing fields for elite athletes. Many faculty, students and alumni are not happy with what is now presented to them as a fait accompli. E-mails are flying and petitions circulating. An important part of the university’s and community’s heritage is being jeopardized by the steering effects of Pan American Games money....
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