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Apartment Buildings to Recieve Energy Retrofit

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June 12, 2008 – http://www.thestar.com/article/441778...

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On Yonge St., preservation by neglect.

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The surprising world above street level on the stretch of Yonge that time forgot. Written by Kenneth Kidd Please follow the link below to read the article featured in the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/459285...

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One Spadina Crescent: When All is Finally Revealed…….

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...includes: Michael McClelland, Andrew Pruss, Julie Tyndorf, Alana Young, and Tatum Taylor. The article reintroduces the heritage building to the public mindset, reinforcing its position as a work of prominent architecture in its own right, as well as a new asset in Toronto’s evolving cultural landscape. Link to Globe and Mail article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/an-overlooked-university-of-toronto-gem-brought-back-to-thespotlight/article36984536/ All photos courtesy of John Horner Photography...

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Toronto the Good 2010

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...Micallef Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto NFB Filmmaker-in-residence Katerina Cizek The Thousandth Tower web documentary Wednesday May 26, 2010 _ 6pm to midnight free admission to the party _ catering by David Vallee _ cash bar York Quay Centre at Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West For more information please visit: http://www.era.on.ca http://www.readings.org Save the date – further details...

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ERA Principal Scott Weir Walks Designer Tommy Smythe Through a Few Current Conservation Projects

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...to related blog post: https://www.eraarch.ca/2016/76-howard-streets-moving-day/ The third project is the adaptive reuse and incorporation of a Jarvis Street mansion into Casey House (project team: Luke Denison, Mikael Sydor, Sanford Riley, Jessie Grebenc, Michael McClelland, Edwin Rowse and Scott Weir) for Casey House Toronto, with Hariri Pontarini Architects Clifford Masonry Ltd is the heritage contractor. Thanks to the Marillyn Dennis show,...

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Concrete Toronto Music

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Toronto indie and contemporary musicians get brutalist on iconic city buildings Sunday June 1 2-5pm Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Rd *Free with admission to OSC Or purchase tickets: $20 regular/15$ member INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS RIDE from Music Gallery (meet at 12:45pm) Advance tickets available at: http://www.ticketweb.ca More info: http://www.musicgallery.org Presented by the Music Gallery as part of the...

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Capitalizing on Heritage / Awarding Conservation: Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction

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...part of the award-winning team for the National Trust for Canada Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Award of Excellence in Adaptive Use/Rehabilitation for the heritage conservation of Eva’s Phoenix, in a supporting role for LGA Architects. The building is a new facility that is transforming the lives of Toronto’s homeless youth in the west-end of the city. Conference website: http://www.apti.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=2017conference&category=2017 Annual Conference...

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Canada Screen Award to NFB’s “Highrise”

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Last week the NFB’s Highrise: One Millionth Tower won a Canada Screen Award for “Original Program Produced for Digital Media, Non-Fiction.” ERA and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal (CUG+R) had the pleasure of working with the NFB on this remarkable series, directed by Kat Cizek, which examines the current conditions and future potential of post-war high-rise living around...

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Heritage Canada Award

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ERA is pleased to announce that Cityscape Holdings and Dundee Distillery District Commerical Inc. were the recipents of the 2006 Heritage Canada Foundation Corporate Prize for the rehabilitation of the Stone Distillery Building at the Distillery Historic District, Toronto....

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Designed landscapes: Ground Magazine

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Ground, the magazine of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA), recently published a new article by ERA’s Michael McClelland entitled “Sites of Value: Designating Modern Cultural Landscapes in Ontario.” The article looks at Queen’s Park Complex, designed by Sasaki Strong Associates, as an early example of landscape conservation efforts in Canada. Using the Complex as a case study, the...

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Military infrastructure designation, UK

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Prior to joining the office, ERA’s Alex Rowse-Thompson spent several years as a Conservation and Design Officer in Gosport, an ancient naval town in the UK. As part of this work, Alex advocated for the heritage designation of an unusual piece of 20th century military infrastructure in Gosport: No. 2 Cavitation Tunnel. Recently, this advocacy proved successful, and the Tunnel...

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Culture of Outports: Burlington Freelab

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...outport of Burlington, on the Baie Verte peninsula. The team, on site. The project proposes that an understanding of the unique history and character of these communities is essential in order to successfully plan and manage their future evolution, post fisheries. There are plenty of examples throughout the province to suggest that communities are in search of inventive ways to...

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