News Article: Backlog puts heritage at risk

The article from the Toronto Star outlines how short-staffing in the City of Toronto's preservation department means that significant historic buildings are not designated.

Artcile in the Star - Challenges of Heritage Protection

The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario posted a link to this article by Gord Hume on their Twitter feed this morning.

The article looks at both the buildings in Brantford and 204 Beech Street and the struggle to save them.

HRC Mentioned in Three Magizines

HRC Staff at the ACO Awards Dinner

The Ontario Professional Planning Institute's magazine featured an article by Paula Wubbenhorst of the City of Mississauga. The article was a review of the Heritage Districts Work! report.

The study was also mentioned in the Ontario Heritage Trust's Heritage Matters Magazine in an article about the City of Brampton.

ACORN, the journal of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario featured pictures of the HRC staff accepting their A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy.

Architectrual Salvage Yards

Alternatives Journal, an environmental journal based out of the University of Waterloo features an article on architectural salvage yards.

The article argues that with our limited resources this type of business will become more popular. Examples of building which have used high percentages of reclaimed material are explained. Including the "Big Dig House" and Mountain Equipment Co-op's Ottawa building.


Follow Alternatives Journal on Twitter at: @alternativesj

Brantford Update

The Brantford Expositor featured an article about the creation of a Heritage Conservation District to protect downtown buildings not slated for demolition.

LEED and Historic Buildings

The National Post recently wrote about LEED Certification for two historic building that have been adaptively reused.

Interestingly, it appeared in the business section.

Heritage Rocks in Huron East

Contributed by:
Janice Hawley
Economic Development Officer
Municipality of Huron East

Heritage rocks in Huron East!

Congratulations to Ken Cardno and Robert Tetu for their contribution to
Heritage & Culture in Huron County

Last Friday evening, both men were honoured at a gala affair in Blyth hosted by the Huron Heritage Culture Partnership.

In total, three individuals and one organization from Huron County were presented with awards for their contribution to the cultural movement throughout the county and its surrounding area.

For more information on their involvement in the field of heritage, visit links below:
Beechwood Pottery http://heritageandculture.on.ca/member_pages/beechwood_pottery.html
Cardno Opera Hall http://www.heritagehuroneast.com/main_street_seaforth/31_cardno.html

Below: Ken Cardno, pictured with staff from the University of Waterloo Heritage Resource Centre in front of the Cardno Opera Hall stage. The HRC coordinated a Heritage Conservation District study during the summer of 2008, of which Seaforth, was one of 4 districts from Huron County, who participated. Cardno Hall, is located within the Heritage Conservation District in Historic Downtown Seaforth, one of the oldest in the province.

Be certain to mark your calendar......Cardno Hall will be open to the pubic, along with many other historic sites, during the Doors Open Seaforth & District event on September 25 - 26, 2010 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm . For more information on this event and others hosted throughout Huron East, please do not hesitate to contact tourism@huroneast.com or call 888.868.7513 or 519.527.0160

Again, congratulations to all of the successful recipients. Furthermore, a special nod to the event's organizers, for recognizing the need to celebrate the efforts of those working in the field of arts and culture in Huron County. Well done!

Waterloo: Museum in a Mall

Attention Shoppers! On October 15, the City of Waterloo will open the doors to its new museum at Conestoga Mall. The mall has donated 4,000 square feet where the city’s collection of over 10,000 artifacts will be seen in permanent displays and rotating exhibitions. Being in the mall should give the museum a broad clientele and tremendous visibility.

For more information visit the city website.

Two Heritage Resources Centre Projects in the News

Two of the Heritage Resources Centre's latest projects have been featured by local media.

The Heritage Conservation District Study was explained in the St. Catharines Standard.

The newest project working with the Township of Wellesley was featured on the front page of the Ontario Heritage Connection.

Ghosts of Steeltown (aka Hamilton)

BlogTO has just posted a story with beautiful photographs of the City of Hamilton's buildings called Ontario's Forgotten Landmarks: Ghosts Of Steeltown.

Heritage Conservation District Study in the Globe and Mail

The Heritage Conservation District Study was featured in the Globe and Mail. The article outlines the finding of the study and their implications for other potential districts.

ACO President Responds to Call to Tear Down 24 Sussex

The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario's President Lloyd Alter wrote a letter to the Editor of Maclean's Magazine in response to Paul Wells column that advocated the tearing down of 24 Sussex.

Wells' article describes a new house for the Prime Minister as a good public work project, creating jobs for Canadians. He also points out that a new building could be made "green".


Alter's responds that "... new construction is 50% materials and equipment (often imported) and 50% labour, while renovation is 75% labour and 25% materials". Clearly, renovating the existing building would provide more opportunity for local labour. In response to a new building being "green" Alter points out that the greenest building is the one that is already built. The energy that it took to make the materials currently used in the building is lost if it is torn down and put in a landfill.

UNESCO Adds New World Heritage Sites

Canadian World Heritage Site: Historic District of Old Quebec

UNESCO added 13 new sites to the World Heritage List last week. For a list of new sites and a brief description click here.

The list now includes 890 sites. The sites include 689 cultural properties, 176 natural areas and 25 mixed properties in 148 countries.

Canada has 15 designated sites. Click here for a the full list.

Article in the Built Heritage News

The Built Heritage News is an e-mail newsletter. It is published bi-weekly and provides information about issues and events related to built heritage. The most recent issue featured an update about the Heritage Resources Centre’s
Heritage Conservation District study.

West Street Heritage Conservation District,
Town of Goderich

West Montrose Covered Bridge

The West Montrose Covered Bridge, the only covered bridge in Ontario, will host holiday singers this month.

Read the Toronto Star Article

Heritage Conservation District Guidelines Enforced - Kitchener

The Director of the Heritage Resources Centre, Robert Shipley, is quoted in an article outlining the City of Kitchener’s enforcement of its district guidelines.

Click here for the article