ACO North Waterloo Branch - Down by the Old Mill Stream - Rescheduled Information

Because of the March storm, Warren Stauch’s presentation has been rescheduled for Wednesday April 20

DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM

A LOOK AT THE HERITAGE MILLS IN THE GRAND RIVER WATERSHED

A Visual Presentation by Warren Stauch

Wednesday April 20, 2011

Doors Open at 7:00 pm

Presentation at 7:30 pm

At the

VISITOR CENTRE

1406 King Street North

St. Jacobs

[parking on the street and at the back]

Del Gingrich will briefly introduce us to the many historical displays at the Centre

Come early and browse

Please RSVP your  attendance aco.nwrb@gmail.com or jarndt@sympatico.ca or phone 519-578-7624

EVERYONE IS INVITED

Willowbank Lecture Series

April 3: Wendy Shearer, landscape architect, will speak about her experiences restoring some of the great landscapes of southern Ontario, from the 19th and 20th Century. She is known as one of Canada s foremost landscape restoration specialists, and is familiar with Willowbank and its early 19th Century context as a faculty associate.

April 17: Jennifer Dickson, Order of Canada and member of the Royal Academy of Arts in England, is broadly recognized as the pre-eminent artist interpreting the Picturesque tradition in landscape. Her work is in the National Gallery and other collections world-wide, and her gallery shows and presentations are always much anticipated. Her presentation will be intensely visual, with commentary.

May 1: Linda Dicaire, has been involved with historic landscapes in Canada and abroad. She was Chief Landscape Architect for the National Historic Sites program of Parks Canada, and has been active with the ICOMOS International Committee on Gardens and Landscapes. She is currently head of Design Approvals for the National Capital Commission. She will speak about the historic landscape traditions across Canada.

May 15: Noah Richler, is a writer and journalist, who has explored many facets of our connection with landscape. Among his projects for the BBC was a series on landscape and identity in different countries. His book This is My Country, What's Yours? A Literary Landscape of Canada reflects his own literary tradition, including that of his father Mordecai Richler, and our present Canadian reality.

May 29: Mark Laird, landscape architect and historian, divides his time between teaching at Harvard, working out of his Toronto home, and restoring some of the great National Trust properties in the U.K. including Hestercombe and Painshill Park. He is one of the world s authorities on the Picturesque, and his book The Flowering of the Landscape Garden, has been so influential that a major conference will be held this year in the U.K. to discuss the Laird phenomenon. He will speak about the great 18th Century landscape tradition and its legacy.

June 12: Joan Coutu, is an art historian whose two special areas of interest have been the 18th Century landscape garden in England and the 20th Century landscape tradition in Canada. She has focused specifically on the Niagara Parkway and other large-scale public landscapes built during the period of Mackenzie King as Prime Minister and Thomas McQuesten as Ontario s Minister of Public Works. She will speak about the reinterpretation of the Picturesque in the Niagara Parks Commission activities of the 1930s, and their relationship to ideas of Canadian and Ontario identity.

Early July: Jackie Maxwell is known in Canada and abroad as Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, and acclaimed director. She has agreed to direct a play reading of Tom Stoppard s Arcadia, a provocative and complex play which uses the Picturesque landscape tradition as a sub-text and foil for Stoppard s exploration of order and chaos. The actors and actresses will be drawn from the Shaw Festival and acting community, and they will bring the play to life in a Willowbank setting. There are fascinating parallels the historical play is set in the early 19th Century, close to the time Willowbank s original landscape was created, and a key figure is Hannah Jarvis, the name of the woman who spent many years at Willowbank in the mid-19th Century helping her widowed daughter Hannah Jarvis Hamilton raise her 10 children.

Tickets are $25 per lecture for the general public.

Lectures start at 10am

More information at the Willowbank Website

ACO Lecture: Restoring a Berlin Vernacular House in Kitchener

Wednesday April 22, 2009 at 7 pm

A visual talk by Branch members Drs. Gail Pool and Frances Stewart
With
Michelle Wade, Heritage Planner for the City of Kitchener

Conestoga Room, Kitchener City Hall – main floor

Free Parking off Ontario Street between King and Duke Streets
(space previously occupied by the Forsyth Shirt Factory - now gone)


Gail Pool and Frances Stewart will describe their experiences (good and bad) in preserving and restoring their 1903 Berlin vernacular house on Water Street in the Victoria Park Heritage Conservation District. Topics covered will include the re-building of verandahs, repairing windows and doors, and preserving brickwork and stone foundations as well as some interior restorations. They have received a great deal of assistance from craftsmen and from the City of Kitchener. Michelle Wade will describe the City of Kitchener’s Designated Heritage Property Grant Program and other assistance that the city provides owners of heritage homes.

Heritage Wilmot: Heritage Day 2009

Heritage Wilmot Presents….
Wilmot’s Buildings of Worship

When: Saturday February 28, 2009
Time: 10am – 4pm
Where: Steinmann Mennonite Church (1316 Snyder’s Road West, Baden)
Cost: FREE

Visit http://www.heritagewilmot.ca/

Heritage Events This Week in Waterloo!

Wednesday January 14th

12 -1pm

Archaeological Resource Management in Ontario: Managing our Invisible Cultural Heritage

Robert MacDonald, Archaeological Services Inc.

University of Waterloo - Room ENV1 - 317

Presented by: Heritage Resources Centre

Thursday January 15th

7 - 9pm

ACO Lecture on Urban Intensification and Heritage Planning

Seniors Adult Recreation Centre - City of Waterloo

Presented by: North Waterloo ACO Branch

Willowbank Lecture Series

Join the Willowbank School of Restoration Arts as 8 prominent Canadians share their insights on weaving together past, present and future.

February 21 . 10 am . William German . Niagara-on-the-Lake
A Craftsman's view of history

March 7 . 10 am . Jill Taylor . Toronto
An Architect's view of history

March 21 . 10 am . Christina Cameron . Montreal
UNESCO's perspective on cultural history and identity

April 4. 10 am . Jane Urquhart . Southern Ontario
A Novelist's view of history

April 18 . 10 am . Lisa Prosper . Ottawa
A First nation's perspective on heritage practice

May 2 . 10 am . John Sewell . Toronto
A Former Toronto Mayor's perspective on planning

May 16 . 10 am . Larry Ostola . Gatineau
Parks Canada's interpretation of history

May 30 . 10 am . Christophe Rivet . Halifax
An Archaeologist's view of history

Lecture Series generously sponsored by:

McLean Foundation and Dr. E. Oliver-Malone and Dr.R.Malone

Friends of Willowbank: $15 ~ General Public: $20

To register contact Helena Copeland: 905.262.1239 x 21 or willowbank@willowbank.ca

www.willowbank.ca

Heritage Resources Centre: Winter 2009 Lunch and Learn Series

Second Wednesday of Every Month in the Winter Term
12pm until 1pm
Bring your lunch and learn about heritage issues!

Wednesday, January 14th

Archaeological Resource Management in Ontario: Managing our Invisible Cultural Heritage

Robert MacDonald, Archaeological Services Inc.

University of Waterloo, Room: ENV1 - 317

Wednesday, February 11th

Introduction to Cultural Heritage Landscapes

Dr. Jody Decker, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier

University of Waterloo, Room: ENV1 - 317

Wednesday, March 11th

Parks and Heritage

Anne Fitzpatrick, University of Waterloo Master’s Student

University of Waterloo, Room: ENV1 - 354

Wednesday, April 8th

Exploring the Link Between Heritage and Sustainability

Kayla Jonas, Project Coordinator, Heritage Conservation District Study AND Martha Fallis, Historic Places Initiative Team

University of Waterloo, Room: ENV1- 354

ACO: URBAN INTENSIFICATION AND HERITAGE PLANNING - A Public Meeting

Hosted by: THE NORTH WATERLOO REGION BRANCH
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario

When: Thursday January 15, 2009
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Where: The Seniors Adult Recreation Centre
185 King Street South (corner of King & Allen Streets)
City of Waterloo

Panel Members:
Leon Bensason, City of Kitchener Heritage Planner
Valerie Spring, City of Cambridge Heritage Planner
Dale Wideman, outgoing Chair of City of Waterloo Municipal Heritage Committee
Professor Robert Shipley, Professor of Planning, University of Waterloo
Moderator, Gordon Nelson

Proposals have been put forward by developers for high rises and other intensification plans in Waterloo Region. Municipal government strategies are aimed at encouraging more re-urbanization, intensification and infill within our communities.

However, increased growth and development within urban areas can pose significant risks to buildings and neighbourhoods of historic and architectural value as well as environmental quality.

Given its role as a nongovernment organization devoted to conservation of the built heritage of Waterloo, Kitchener and the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario North Waterloo Region Branch (ACO NWRB) will hold a public meeting with presentations and discussion on the issue of urban intensification and heritage planning.

Four knowledgeable panelists will be asked to present their views in line with important questions, such as

· Should there be a strong balance between intensification and heritage conservation?

· If yes, how can a balance be reached and do you have examples to illustrate your point?

· If not, what planning concepts should be applied to the reconciliation of intensification and heritage conservation?

· With reference to the situation in Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge or the township municipalities, what do you think planners, politicians and others involved need to do to move towards an effective relationship between intensification and heritage conservation?

EVERYONE IS WELCOME