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City urged to consider expert planners findings that Barriefield proposal contravenes important heritage laws

A respected planner with 30 years’ experience in heritage conservation is highly critical of a proposal by the City’s consultants for 47 residential units in Barriefield and says it violates the Barriefield Heritage Conservation District Plan, local planning an... more >>

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Where have I been?

Some of you may have been wondering if BHN is out of commission. Nope, just taking a summer hiatus. This issue clears out many of the items that have collected over the past couple of months.

Your editor has been firmly ensconced in my Windermere office drawing up plans for a lovely cotta... more >>

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Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?

City of Toronto Draft Heritage Conservation District Policies

For several years planning staff at the City of Toronto have been pushing back requests for new Heritage Conservation Districts until clear, comprehesive policies on HCD’s could be developed. A draft document was put forw... more >>

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Heritage Canada Foundation Releases 2010 Top Ten Endangered Places and Worst Losses Lists

OTTAWA, ON -- August 10, 2010 - The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) has released its Top Ten Endangered Places and Worst Losses Lists drawing attention to a total of 16 architectural and heritage sites in Canada either threatened with demolition or already lost.

The Top Ten Endangered... more >>

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Church in Picton Destroyed without Proper Permits

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Picton, ON
August 11, 2010

Prince Edward County Heritage Church Destroyed without Proper Permits

August 11, 2010, Picton, Ontario

In a matter of moments, on a humid, wet Sunday morning, the west wall of the Methodist... more >>

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Canadian Built Heritage Research Inventory now avaiable online

The University of Waterloos Heritage Resources Centre has developed the Canadian Built Heritage Research Inventory. It is a "work-in-progress" database highlighting research on built heritage in Canada. The site is searchable, interactive and flexible. The public is invited to contribu... more >>

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21 Avenue Road Project: Toronto Vote for and Against

Outraged citizen and lawyer, Michael Vaughan, took the trouble to search the voting record on proposal for 21 Avenue Road. This is the controversial project that will be seen far above the roof of the Legislature from just about anywhere on University Avenue, even within the "post card"... more >>

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U of T Magazine: Protecting the View of Queen's Park

Protecting the View

Should towers be visible behind Queen’s Park? An architecture grad fights to safeguard the view of Toronto’s most important heritage building.

Most Torontonians would probably agree that historic buildings such as Queen’s Park and Fort York are worth preserving. But what... more >>

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Toronto Star: Ontario Place Threatened

Ontario Place: A fantastic Jaguar, and you run it into a ditch

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Ottawa Citizen: Lansdowne-options for preserving architect Francis Sullivan's legacy

Heritage issues rising in Lansdowne quagmire

Heritage issues rising in Lansdowne quagmire

Some of its charms aren't readily apparent, but history may yet play a strong role in shaping this park's future, Don Butler reports.

Be honest. When you think of Lansdowne Park, is "priceless heritage" the first... more >>

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St. Thomas Times-Journal: Council set to strip Alma of heritage designation

Two years after Alma College was torched, the city is moving in for the kill. When it sits Monday, council will consider a report from city clerkWendell Gravesthat calls for repealing the heritage designation on the Moore Street property, in place since 1994. In December of that year, the pro... more >>

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Subscribe to CCA Podcasts

Several interesting Lectures are available free of charge on I Tunes

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Archinnovations: Architectural Magazine Online

Interesting Site, with a Newsletter you can Subscribe to

Very interesting projects on line, the heritage buildings of tomorrow. Some a bit too clever for their own good, but still a great site for archifans and architects alike.