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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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When Crazy Gets Creative
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...The objective of the exercise was to define the space we were in, how it’s used and how it has evolved. The teams discussed various perspectives before creating two intricate webs. The communication and designs that resulted made for an interesting collaborative experience. For more information visit: http://www.crazydames.com/ U of T News article: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/these-crazy-dames-want-us-rethink-way-we-engage-city All photographs courtesy of Crazy Dames....
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ACO NextGen presents the possibility of a new take on an historic building
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...the building as a landmark destination for both heritage architectural lovers and community dwellers alike abound. As Scott is quoted as saying, ‘Now is the perfect time to start dreaming….’ Link to Toronto Star article: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/11/09/bay-dundas-bus-terminal-looks-to-recapture-its-sense-of-grandeur.html Link to NOW magazine article: https://nowtoronto.com/news/toronto-coach-terminal-could-use-some-inspired-ideas/ Photo of original Bus Coach Terminal interior courtesy of City of Toronto Archives. Photos of current Bus Coach...
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ERA Presents at TCLF Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape
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The highly anticipated Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape, a conference series led by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), was held at Isabel Bader Theatre on Friday May 22nd. It was attended by 430 conference delegates from Canada and around the world, including a significant contingent of City of Toronto staff from various departments. This Second Wave of...
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Toronto’s City Hall: An evolving icon
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...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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Nothing is Impossible: NXT City defines its strategies for city-building through an inspirational presentation at ERA
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...more meaningful dialogue. The NXT City Talks are small-scale panels with a ‘how to’ approach to project development. The secret warehouse parties offer an opportunity for the community at large to connect and celebrate all that is exciting and ground-breaking in the Toronto region and beyond. To gain more insight on NXT City visit: https://nxtcity.ca/ Photos courtesy of Nicky Brunn-Meyer...
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Charity Hicks’ passing
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Charity Hicks and Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam; photo Catherine Mombourquette Sad news reached us this week that Charity Hicks, a well-known Detroit-based activist and leader, passed away July 8, 2014. Ms. Hicks was an advocate for democracy, grass-roots engagement, and environmental and social justice. ERA had the privilege of witnessing a conversation between Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Charity Hicks at the...
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Archaeology in The Ward: A New Exhibit
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...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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WexPOPS: Pop-up Plaza
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...world. The Wexford Heights BIA, a 2 km strip running between Victoria Park and Birchmount along Lawrence Avenue East, features over 60 restaurants, and has been celebrated by food columnists as a major dining destination. The project grows out of Daniel’s fascination with the strip malls he frequented in his youth, culminating in his 2018 MLA thesis at U of...
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Heritage Masonry with Dr. Gerard Lynch, May 13 to 22
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...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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ACO Awards to Don Jail and Taylor House
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...restoring many of its features and creating interpretive new solutions where restoration wasn’t feasible. Learn more about this project in our online portfolio. Bridgepoint won the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse, which aims to recognize “projects that highlight and incorporate significant heritage structures in fitting and imaginative ways, thereby conserving them for future use and enjoyment.” The Don Jail...
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Three lessons from Europe’s independent cultural spaces
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...out Rehabilitating heritage buildings for contemporary use can involve years of design, approvals, renovations, and big budgets, creating further barriers for the accessibility of arts and culture spaces. Studio Alta — an independent cultural organization in Czechia and the hosts of the 2022 TEH conference — is run out of a baroque 19th century hospital at the eastern edge of...
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