Regent Park Kevin Micallef Summary

Shawn Micallef in his article “Regent Park” tells the readers a story of a neighbourhood development and its prosperity. The article states that in the middle of the twentieth century Regent Park was in a deplorable condition. There were various defects such as the shortage of roads and isolation from other neighbourhoods. That stimulated city authorities to improve and expand the community. Its plan was based on “Garden City” planning principles. City planners started thinking of the ways to get rid of different shortcomings. People organized meetings for all city residents and both levels of government where they discussed all the problems and tried to come up with their solutions. The narrator also cites Liz Greaves, who points out that