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 | | Yet for all the godlike stature Jacobs earned, her hinterland was effectively confined to the FCOT (Former City Of Toronto); to the political cultures in Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, not to mention almost all Ontario municipalities beyond Metro bounds, she and her beliefs could have been from Mars. |
 | | And unfortunately, the vast bulk of Toronto Jacobites are plagued by a consequent enlightened-yet-circumscribed vision, to the degree where they confront "outside forces" as a threat, rather than an opportunity. |
 | | In Toronto, for a generation or more, and long before amalgamation and the lamentable reign of Mel Lastman, we've been treated to an endless slide show of architect's drawings that delight in showcasing euro-evocative boulevard street scenes and tidy, generic parkettes in order to distract us from yet another clump of high rises. |
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