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North York Modernist Favourites, Volume One.
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In compiling the revised inventory for the North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited publication, ERA staff traveled to each site and photographed the current condition of the building. Through this process a number of projects stood out and became quiet favorites, and over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting a few of these under-appreciated, little-known buildings. These structures represent an...
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The city as garden
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...learn from these examples and how can we apply the knowledge to Toronto? Brendan proposes a handful of conclusions: “We should be imagining a 21st century version of the ‘garden city’; a city where the best qualities of the urban environment and the best qualities of the rural environment are woven together. As a metaphor, the city as garden implies...
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The importance of a heritage designation
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...(because it’s a designated heritage building), and under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, which concerns the demolition of rental properties. But the council also recommended that a demolition permit be approved under Section 33 of the Planning Act (which concerns residential properties, irrespective of whether they’re rental properties), subject to eight very strict conditions — one of...
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Serra’s Shift to be designated under Heritage Act
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...the work will be designated as a cultural landscape, both the sculpture and the land will be maintained and conserved in a manner appropriate to the work. Our thanks and congratulations to King City for their formal recognition of the value of this cultural landscape. If you are interested in the details of the heritage argument in favour of the...
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Tower Renewal Partnership: revitalizing communities through research, advocacy, and action
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The Tower Renewal Partnership is an initiative working to transform Southern Ontario’s remarkable stock of post-war apartment towers into more complete communities, resilient housing stock and healthy places, fully integrated into our growing cities. Nearly one million people in the Greater Toronto Area live in approximately 2,000 concrete residential tower blocks which were built between 1945 and 1984. These towers...
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We’re celebrating: June 7th at Fort York
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...pop-up marketplaces, and several other charming presentations on what’s new at Fort York and around our city. For directions please go to TorontoTheGood.org. Or to RSVP directly, please fill out this form. In addition celebrating our city, ERA is celebrating some exciting news of its own. First, we have three new specialized staff appointments: Victoria Angel MA, Dean of School,...
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Breaking down barriers in the landscape: Q&A with Brendan Stewart
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...practitioners and their approaches. A lot of that led me to ERA, as you can imagine. There was a real sense of shared interest. AT: Landscape architecture seems to be increasingly broadening and sophisticating. People tend to have at least a colloquial understanding of it in the twenty-first century. How do you see that transformation? BS: I think landscape is...
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Gladstone Grow Op
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...and place. Please keep an eye out for news on this exciting event as we approach the date. As an aside, in the process of discussions with the Gladstone, we were reminded of a project from years ago: an installation by ERA’s Michael McClelland and Philip Evans called Room for a Bungalow. To see this project, please see the Gladstone...
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ERA Has Moved to 625 Church Street
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...shopfront properties at 710-718 Yonge Street first appear on Fire Insurance Plans in 1912. The portion of the Site at the corner of St. Mary and St. Nicholas Streets was originally residential, but primary source documents show automotive uses began in the early 20th century and continued until the 1940s. In the 1920s the Holden Vulcanizing Works and Johnson Motors...
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Flashback Friday: A Jane’s Walk Down Memory Lane
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...walk “Sidewalk Design 101: Accessible and Approachable Neighbourhoods” (2014) all the way in Winnipeg! Jomar is an engineer who is concerned with the design of pedestrian facilities. The walk traced a path along Broadway Avenue, Main Street, and Portage Avenue, where the group investigated such questions as: What makes a Pedestrian Facility (a sidewalk) a Universal Design? What is Universal...
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The Colours of the Allandale Train Station
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As part of the strategy to restore the Allandale Train Station, ERA is working to identify the exterior paint scheme, as it would have appeared in 1905. At the office social hour last Friday, Alana described how preliminary research uncovered clues to the original building colouration from a variety of sources including; archival photographs, newspaper clippings and postcards. Additionally, ERA...
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Bridgepoint wins two PUGs
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...make accessible the character-defining heritage value of the Jail, while adapting the Jail’s historically-charged function and structural constraints into a functional and positive space for a completely new purpose. The project had to repair and protect significant heritage fabric, provide opportunities for public access and engagement, and serve appropriately as the administrative wing of Bridgepoint’s exemplary active healthcare campus. ERA...
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