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Rhetoric of heritage preservation

Update: A Feb. 21, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Why is academic writing so academic?” [End of update]   We can speak of rhetoric from a variety of perspectives. Rhetoric is a great topic for academic study. By way of example, early in his career Marshall McLuhan developed expertise in rhetoric as a field of […]

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Heritage architect Julian Smith compares historical and cultural landscape concepts – Stephanie Calvet, Nov. 27, 2012

I found a Nov. 27, 2012 blog post by Stephanie E. Calvet of interest. I found the discussion, in Stephanie Calvet’s post, of the distinction between heritage landscape and cultural landscape of particular interest. I have, in this context, been researching back stories of relevance to the Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment story. Deer Park […]

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Update – Designation of Ormsby/Franceschini Estate

Michael Harrison has shared the following information: The intent to designate report on the Ormsby/Franceshini Estate that was deferred from the April 2013 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting will be considered at the meeting of June 18th along with the report on the Mimico Secondary Plan. The designation item can be found here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.EY25.16 The […]

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Ontario’s land-use planning framework gives rise to three options for the adaptive reuse of heritage places of worship

The Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment project is predicated upon the fact that churches are not autonomous agents with regard to heritage places of worship. They are, instead, part of a regulated land-use system. Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) A recent journal article by Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson of the University of Toronto outlines how Ontario’s […]

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Bethel Green Seniors Residence, 645 Millwood Road, Toronto is a church conversion featuring mixed form and function

In their article about church reconversions in Toronto, Jason Hackwork and Erin Gullikson (2013) describe the Bethel Green Seniors Residence as a church conversion involving mixed function and form. In such a form of church redevelopment, a building is constructed around all of part of a congregation’s initial place of worship, and a new church, or […]

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June 7, 2013 update – Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office

The following June 7, 2013 message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Please find the full eNewsletter attached as a .pdf June 7, 2013 Humber Bay Shores Farmers Market Last Saturday, June 1st, marked the first day of the Humber Bay Shores farmers market in Humber Bay Park West. Several hundred local residents came out to […]

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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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Trustee Pamela Gough May 28, 2013 update

Following text is from Trustee Gough’s office Two files from the message: Lanor Spring Fling (1) David Hornell School Fun Fair POSTER[1] Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update May 28, 2013 This is quick update to give some information that didn’t quite make it to deadline with last […]