
Farewell Oak Street
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park North; now they have access to new, modern housing developments designed to offer them privacy, light and space.
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Farewell Oak Street
- Overview
- Cast
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 15, 1953
Runtime
0h 17m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Farewell Oak Street
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Director
Grant McLean
Description
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park North; now they have access to new, modern housing developments designed to offer them privacy, light and space.