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City of Toronto wins National Heritage Award (News Release)

David Juliusson has forwarded the following message: News Release November 20, 2013 City of Toronto wins National Heritage Award The City of Toronto has received the Award of Excellence for outstanding achievement in heritage planning and policy for the City Planning Division’s Official Plan Amendment 199: “Official Plan Heritage Policies.” The award was given by […]

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Assembly Hall a great location for the Advance Poll for Etobicoke-Lakeshore byelection

You can access information about Advance Polls for the Etobicoke-Lakeshore byelection here. You can access information about election procedures from the Elections Ontario website. The Assembly Hall is among the Advance Polls from July 20 to 25. The building, which is an exemplary illustration of the adaptive reuse of a century-old heritage building, is located […]

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The outcome of the Wesley Mimico redevelopment story will depend upon negotiations related to the Ontario Heritage Act

Update A June 4, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “This pastor closed his church: Graham Singh is saving a Montreal church by first closing the doors, then opening them wider than ever.” [End]   The outcome of the Wesley Mimico redevelopment story will depend upon negotiations and discussions related to the Ontario Heritage Act and […]

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Burra Charter offers a guideline for adaptive reuse of heritage buildings

You can access the Burra Charter here. The full text of the document is of relevance. The following excerpts offer selected highlights. Preamble The document notes (p.1): Places of cultural significance enrich people’s lives, often providing a deep and inspirational sense of connection to community and landscape, to the past and to lived experiences. It […]

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Giving new meaning to religious conversion – Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson (2013)

Updates: The following July 8, 2013 post focuses upon the Wesley Mimico redevelopment, which features a church/congregation in the role of developer of a heritage-listed property: The outcome of the Wesley Mimico redevelopment story will depend upon negotiations related to the Ontario Heritage Act Two more recent posts discuss details of the Hackworth and Gullikson […]

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Councillor Grimes May 31 2013 update

From the Councillor’s Office: Please find the full eNewsletter attached as a .pdf May 31, 2013 Eight of Toronto’s beaches will open on Saturday Eight of Toronto’s beaches will open on Saturday Eight of Toronto’s 11 swimming beaches will be officially open this weekend. Lifeguards will be in place at all but three beaches on […]

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A church-to-condo project is under way at 243 Perth Avenue in Toronto

In a previous blog post I’ve shared information about a church-to-condo conversion at 152 Annette Street in Toronto. In this blog post, part of a series of posts connected with the Wesley Mimico church-to-seniors-residence proposal, I will focus on a church-to-condo conversion highlighted in a March 28, 2013 Toronto Star article. [To access the article, click on the […]

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Click on these live links to access the PDF files of the Mimico 20/20 Secondary Plan staff report

This blog post is concerned with the following document: http://www.toronto.ca/planning/mimico2020.htm The file in question comprises the proposed Mimico 20/20 Draft Secondary Plan and corresponding documentation on the 20/20 website. The following item is an excerpt from it: Recommendations The City Planning Division recommends that City Council: 1. Amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with […]

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Mimico 20/20 Infrastructure Analysis report now available

Following message is from Matthew Premru of the City of Toronto Hello to Everyone, I’m pleased to let you know that the Infrastructure Analysis report has been completed and is now available on our homepage. In the meanwhile as work on the Secondary Plan by City Planning staff continues, please stay tuned for the release […]