When Toronto Tried to Eliminate Poverty | The Story of Regent Park

Regent Park was Toronto’s first public housing project and a major postwar urban renewal experiment. Built in the late 1940s to eliminate poverty and replace inner-city slums, it became one of Canada’s most well-known public housing communities. In the 2000s, the original buildings were demolished and replaced through a massive mixed-income redevelopment project. This video examines the history of Regent Park, public housing policy in Toronto, urban renewal, revitalization, and the social impact of redevelopment. What went wrong — and what replaced it? References: YouTube/NFB YouTube/MrMiniCooper79 YouTube/Christene Browne YouTube/AP Archive Soundtrack: CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Dreamy Flashback by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100532 Artist: http://incompetech.com/