{"id":13522,"date":"2017-02-17T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/?p=13522"},"modified":"2017-05-17T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:43:44","slug":"the-broadview-hotel-is-awarded-the-lieutenant-governors-ontario-heritage-award-for-excellence-in-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2017\/the-broadview-hotel-is-awarded-the-lieutenant-governors-ontario-heritage-award-for-excellence-in-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broadview Hotel is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The 2016 Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation has been awarded to Andrew Pruss, (Principal, ERA Architects), Les Mallins, (President, Streetcar) and the project team behind the revitalization of The Broadview Hotel.\u00a0The award commends the contribution to the conservation of a heritage building and the community enhancement it fosters.<\/p>\n The Broadview Hotel is a landmark heritage-designated building at the northwest corner of Queen and Broadview that functioned as a commu\u00adnity hub for clubs, businesses, athletics and site for the public engagement of city-developing events. It was completed in 1891-2 by oilman and soap maker Archibald Dingman in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture The building, formerly known as Dingman’s Hall, anchors the end of a commercial shopping strip that begins just after the bridge over the Don Valley and terminates at the end of Queen Street East in the Beaches. Its long-standing presence at the corner of Queen Street and Broadview Avenue make it an imposing and prominent beacon within the Riverside neighbourhood.<\/p>\n