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

by ERA Architects

...of the City and Guilds of London Institute (LCG). He is a former Head lecturer of Trowel Trades at Bedford College, pioneering a revival of gauged brickwork, in which he is considered the world’s leading authority, and other almost forgotten traditional craft skills. He is affectionately known by the historic term, ‘The Red Mason’. Please join us by registering online....

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Yonge St.: development, heritage, and change

by ERA Architects

...projects. So much so, in a number of cases, that the new design can end up playing “second fiddle” to the heritage fabric. This type of development will be seen more and more along the city’s historic Yonge St., which will see big changes over the next several years. To read Dave’s article, please visit the Globe & Mail online....

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Irwin House: Floating in mid-air

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...about six inches per minute and took almost three days in total. The relocation of Irwin House this short distance makes it more visually accessible from Yonge St. and allows for a more successful integration of new design and heritage fabric. For more info and pictures on this project, please see a recent story in The National Post online.  ...

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Arrival City: Bookclub and Webinar, Mar 13

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...other questions as part of the many Bookclub events. The webinar will be available at http://citiesofmigration.ca/webinar/towerrenewal/. To get caught up on the Bookclub so far, please see citybuilderbookclub.org. To read Doug Saunders’ 2014 article on Canada’s tower neighbourhoods, see the Globe & Mail online. A description of the event from the organizer brief, is as follows: March 13, 2015 Webinar:...

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EU Research for Tower Renewal

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...key to formulating the local opportunities for Tower Renewal. Select findings from previous trips include: The National Film Board‘s HIGHRISE produced Living Proof, an online documentary which can be found below. A brief report on EU Tower precedents produced for the Province Ontario can be found here. The EU Precedent Chapter from the Tower Renewal Opportunities Book can be found...

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Toronto / Sweden: Resilient Urbanism

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...of Sweden’s Symbio-City Initative); and design affordable housing that is financially sustainable (in Sweden, public housing developments are profitable enterprises offering a range of affordabilities, where the mid-range housing cross-subsidizes housing for those in need). Today, Graeme Stewart spoke briefly with Metro morning’s Matt Galloway about some of the lessons learned. Please listen to the interview at Metro Morning Online....

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Charity Hicks’ passing

by ERA Architects

...Hicks at the Detroit-Toronto Symposium in 2013, where Ms. Hicks spoke passionately and inspiringly on social, economic, and cultural change in Detroit. A fundraising campaign is currently underway to bring Ms. Hicks back to Detroit for burial and to support her family during the immediate period of trauma. If you would like to consider contributing, donations can be made online....

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an image of leather shoes recovered from the Armoury Street excavation is superimposed on top of a Goad's Insurance Map, detailing the site area and context of Centre Avenue and Armoury Street in historic St John's Ward.

Archaeology in The Ward: A New Exhibit

by ERA Architects

...rotunda, located adjacent to both the east and west elevator bays, and will be on display through spring of 2018. Infrastructure Ontario is creating an online archive of past exhibit displays available at infrastructureontario.ca/armourystreetdig Link to the Toronto Star’s coverage: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2018/01/11/new-exhibit-sheds-light-on-torontos-early-immigrant-entrepreneurship.html Related content: https://www.eraarch.ca/2015/the-ward-a-new-book-coming-2015/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2015/the-ward-a-new-book-update/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/coming-up-the-ward-songs-and-sounds-of-a-lost-toronto-neighbourhood/ Post by guest writer Carl Shura. All photos courtesy of ERA Architects and TMHC....

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Concrete Ideas

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...futures in the Toronto context. Congratulations to Pina and the publication team on a wonderful and beautiful book. Read about Concrete Ideas in a John Bentley Mays review in the Globe and Mail here. Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City will be available for order online at Amazon.ca soon. For more on concrete, Concrete Toronto can be found here....

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Toronto’s City Hall: An evolving icon

by ERA Architects

...building began, and how it has evolved as a central moment in the urban and civic experience of Toronto. If you are curious to learn more about City Hall and hundreds of other pieces of important modernist design in Toronto, you may enjoy ERA’s book Concrete Toronto (Coach House Books, 2007). To see the full video, please visit Monocle online....

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University Ave.: A heritage landscape of value?

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...coupled with new tree plantings and integrated pavements on the outer boulevards be considered? Could the islands be linked to each other by pedestrian crossings to restore the opportunity to promenade? Further examination and discussion of this important project is warranted. We welcome feedback and ideas! To read the full article, please visit Ground Online (see page 30 of pdf)....

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Planting for an elevated bioswale in Scarborough

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...irrigation of the adjacent gardens. Its soil is a lightweight, free draining growing medium and its vegetation consists of several sedum species of flowering succulents, which are tough, tolerant of drought, and require only a little soil. In order to allow these plants to establish themselves, we have pre-planted a temporary nursery at ground level. After about two months it...

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