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TABLE II
RELATION BETWEEN THEATER LOCATION AND POPULATION PER SEAT (Data— 1945 population map — Town Planning Consultants Limited)
Population
•Theaters
Seats
Persons per Theater
Persons per Seat
1.
Downtown area
7,000
9
13,583
660
0.52
2.
Within 1-mile
radius exclud
ing the down
town area
52,200
11
10,115
4,745
5.16
3.
Between 1 and
2-mile radius
138,900
19
16,566
7,310
8.41
4.
Between 2 and
3-mile radius
192,300
28
21,420
6,868
8.97
5.
Between 3 and
4-mile radius
217,300
26
21,042
8,358
10 . 33
6.
Between 4 and
5-mile radius
155,400
19
15,851
8,179
9.80
7.
Between 5 and
6-mile radius
73,200
8
6,092
9,275
12.00
8.
Beyond 6-mile
radius
93,200
8
5,198
11,650
17.93
Metropolitan Area Toronto Total Population (1946 estimates, Dominion Bureau of Statistics)
Persons per
Population Theaters Theater
959,308 128 7573
easy walking distance, that is, from the area within a 3/4-mile radius. It is obvious that a new theater here depends exclusively on the number of people living in such an area.
LOCATION OF THEATERS IN SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS The suburban neighborhoods are the frontiers of future urban development, and therefore they are potential locations for new types of shopping centers and theater sites.
Both the United States and Canada have embarked on a vast housing program. In the coming decade, in all likelihood, millions of homes will be built. The recognized trend is toward the establishment of residential districts in which residents share the common services, social activities, and facilities provided in the vicinity of the