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Allandale Station

...formally cohesive complex. The former train station represents the most prosperous period of railway activity in the Barrie area since rail connection was established in 1853. The complex was acknowledged as the flagship of the Grand Trunk line and a vital transportation link in the north-south corridor of south central Ontario. Allandale Station was fashioned to offer patrons modern day...

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Publications & Exhibits

One Year of ‘The Signs That Define Toronto’ 

by Kurt Kraler

...& Letters Club of Toronto as part of their weekly Literary Lunch series. The Club began in 1908 and caters to creative and performing artists as well as arts lovers. Before the presentation, Club members had lunch with the co-editors in the Great Hall and asked lots of thoughtful questions about the changing face of Toronto’s streets. Awards Season Fall...

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Evergreen Canada Launches An Online Exhibit: Complete Communities

by ERA Architects

...the past but they can change the future. Through the ‘Complete Communities’ initiative the youth of the community have a platform to tell the GTA what it really means to call Ridgeway home. Other Ridgeway community partners include MLSE, the City of Mississauga, the Mississauga West Rotary Club, and the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program. Link to promotional video: https://www.evergreen.ca/completecommunities/2/8  ...

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Typical Toronto house conversion, multi-units in 3-storey house form.

The Missing Middle: Toronto’s Historic Building Typologies

by ERA Architects

...replacement of typical single- and semi-detached forms, new examples of well-done gentle intensification are few and far between. This also means that many of the high-quality examples will fall squarely in the boutique affordability range, until there is so much supply that they become more attainable for a larger swath of income earners. Today, we see these limited examples of...

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62 – 64 Charles Street: The Lost Craft of Tuck-pointing Returns

by ERA Architects

...honoured last fall with a 2017 CAHP Award of Excellence —Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction. ERA is continuing to feature this technique prominently through work on the Selby Hotel at 592 Sherbourne, which is set to be completed in the summer. For more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxPc6_2R-Hc Article by Dave LeBlanc in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/the-lost-art-of-tuckpointing-reborn-intoronto/article37802073/ Related content: https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/capitalizing-on-heritage-awarding-conservation-materials-craftsmanship-and-construction/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/era-learns-the-fine-art-of-tuckpointing-from-a-melbourne-based-master/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2012/tuckpointing-a-note-on-detail/  ...

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76 Howard Street’s Moving Day – Video Update

by ERA Architects

...development of 1000 condos units in the St. Jamestown neighourhood. The team at ERA was on hand to supervise and document the process as it unfolded on Saturday, November 26th. The images that follow represent a chronological photo-essay by Daniel Lewis, Project Manager and Scott Weir, Principal. Check out the article by the Globe and Mail’s Dave Leblanc. Click here....

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Remembrance Day @ the Brampton Cenotaph

by admin

...This September the conservation of the Cenotaph began. The City of Brampton held its Remembrance Day 2011 parade and service at the freshly restored Cenotaph site on Friday. ERA has worked with the city to develop a management plan for the continued preservation of the monument. Image source: Toronto Archives Fonds 1266, item 14065. On July 4th, 1928, thousands of...

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Regent Park’s Commemoration Strategy

by ERA Architects

...tell about Regent Park? And how should those stories be told? ERA offered examples of types of stories that could be told, including such ideas as individual and family stories to neighbourhood evolution stories. Following the first meeting, ERA collected examples of residents’ stories through a postcard campaign, interviews, and a website. A postcard from the postcard campaign. The second...

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Michael McClelland at the Getty: Toronto Towers

by ERA Architects

...Stats in Canada.” Accessed January 18th, 2013. http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/jufa/jufa_031.cfm English Heritage. 2009. “Government Review of Policies Relating to the Historic Environment.” Accessed January 15, 2013. http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/ehreview15.html. Faludi, Eugene. 1963. “Report on Apartment Building Development in East Annex Planning District.” Toronto: E. G. Faludi and Associates, Town Planning Consultants Ltd. Ministry of Culture. 2006. “Heritage Property Evaluation.” Accessed January 15, 2013. http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/Heritage_Tool_Kit_HPE_Eng_large.pdf....

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Heritage Masonry with Dr. Gerard Lynch, May 13 to 22

by ERA Architects

...present, and providing analytical and technical tools to inform our professional practice and love of building craft. Those who have taken Dr. Lynch’s introductory course may be particularly interested in the one-day courses below, where participants can build on what they’ve previously learned. Courses include: Lime Mortars and Traditional Brick Masonry (2 Day Course): Limes and Lime Mortars Overview of...

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1960s Canada: An interview with Vincent Massey Tovell

by ERA Architects

...as celebrity as there is today? Vincent Tovell: Not like today. But John Andrews was a real showman. He said to me, ‘Architecture is a performing art. If you can find yourself in the New York Times or the centre spread of Time magazine, then you’ve made it.’ And he accomplished all of the above, the latter with Scarborough College....

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Wall of books of many sizes and ages
Ideas & Issues

Diving Into the ERA Library—Part 1 

by ERA Architects

...tool to help serve as a guide to assist in repairing the damaged relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.  LINK: http://www.nctr.ca  The Chinese in Toronto from 1878, by Arlene Chan (Dundurn Press, 2011)  In 1894 Toronto’s Chinese population numbered 50. Today, no less than seven Chinatowns serve the nearly 500,000 residents of Chinese descent in the GTA. Author...

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