Title Indy dreams and urban nightmares: speed merchants, spectacle, and the struggle over public space in the world-class city / Mark Douglas Lowes

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, c2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 148 p.) Series Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares Summary Lowes examines the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index Subject Community organization -- Citizen participation -- Case studies Urban economics -- Case studies Sports and tourism -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Automobile racing -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Public spaces -- British Columbia -- Vancouver City planning -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Citizen participation City planning -- Citizen participation. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development Automobile racing City planning -- Citizen participation Community organization -- Citizen participation Public spaces Sports and tourism Urban economics SUBJECT Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.) Subject British Columbia -- Vancouver British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Hastings Park Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2002514248 ISBN 9781442670228 (electronic bk.) 1442670223 (electronic bk.) 9780802084989 0802084982

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