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...for Urban Growth and Renewal with planningAlliance, as a vehicle for further research and policy development for Tower Renewal. Through research, advocacy, and policy development, the initiative grew into a major policy initiative of the City of Toronto, working with partners including Toronto Public Health, United Way Toronto, CMHC, and the University of Toronto. CUG+R now leads the Tower Renewal...

...work included a review of relevant heritage and planning policy documents and an assessment of the City’s heritage program and approval processes. ERA recommended a new approach that would integrate heritage policy and urban planning practice to encourage the creative and sensitive collaboration of heritage fabric with new architectural design, and intangible cultural heritage with new economies and community initiatives....

ERA was part of a consultant team that prepared the Avenues and Mid-rise Buildings Study for the City of Toronto. The study provided recommendations for urban design, policy, and processes to guide and encourage future mid-rise development along the City’s avenues, an area that covers 162 km in length. Working with team lead Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design/Pace Architects...

...to identify its heritage values and the character-defining elements. The second objective was to understand the challenges involved in the adaptive reuse of the site and to identify the conservation guidelines and approaches for the site as a whole, as well for each building. The study was used as a reference during the international architecture competition “Phi Contemporary”, to guide...

...management of future growth has become an important planning concern. ERA was retained to assess Picton’s Main Street and provide a Heritage Conservation District Study and Plan. These documents identify significant cultural resources and recommend policy that places value on the heritage resource of Main Street’s streetscape while recognizing the need for Picton to evolve and develop in the future....

...through a collaborative design process to support and celebrate the community connections and vital small businesses that exist in these areas. By demonstrating the social, economic, and environmental benefits of trading parking spaces for people places, plazaPOPS aims to inform and inspire the long-term evolution of car-centred urban districts to include more active social space. The organization also advocates for...

The City of Cambridge boasts a history of high quality farmland and industrial activity along its main rivers. The potential that heritage conservation offers for community revitalization and economic development is central to ERA’s work. In collaboration with BRAY Heritage, Archaeological Services Inc., Maltby & Associates Inc. and the Tourism Company, ERA devised a Heritage Master Plan that helps to...

...Toronto Island’s character lies in a history of diverse uses. ERA worked with the Toronto Island Community Association Heritage Committee and City staff to identify the heritage character of Toronto Island. Under the terms of the City’s new Official Plan and the 2005 Provincial Policy Statement, this study recommended that Toronto Island be municipally recognized as a cultural heritage landscape....

Following a process of nearly two years of research, public consultation, policy development, and advocacy in partnership with ERA Architects, the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, United Way Toronto & York Region, Toronto Public Health and the City of Toronto, the Residential Apartment Commercial (RAC) zone was approved by Toronto City Council by-law in 2013 and the Ontario Municipal...

Density is one of the key tools currently used for planning cities. Architects, planners, and policy makers all use density as a calibration of the city. We want to make our cities better, more vital, more full of possibilities. As our cities change, we want to propose change intelligently. To change intelligently, we need to understand density. For the ERA...

...heritage character of this active public space and cultural tourism destination. ERA was retained by the City of Kingston to review and update the existing Market Square Heritage Conservation District Plan to align with current heritage and planning policy and allow for the ongoing preservation of this unique place. The District Plan Update included a Statement of Cultural Heritage Value...

Centretown is an urban neighbourhood south of Ottawa’s historic core and Parliament Hill. Its layered urban forms reflect several major eras of Ottawa’s urban development and serve a diverse residential base. In 2018, ERA was retained by the City of Ottawa to lead the Centretown Heritage Inventory project. This comprehensive inventory, finalized in 2020, documented and classified approximately 3,000 properties...