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King-Spadina

HCD Study

City of Toronto

Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd.

Urban Strategies

ASI

Community Meeting #2

March 18, 2014

Thank you for attending the second community meeting for

the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District (HCD)

Study. This meeting is intended to provide community

members with draft recommendations about HCD

boundaries, views and circulation routes.

We would like to gather your feedback about the

recommendations so they can be incorporated into the final

report.

Welcome

01 / Heritage Property

02 / Employment Uses in Converted Warehouse

03 / Heritage Building Streetscape

04 / Architectural Detail

7:00 p.m. Open House 7:20 p.m. Welcome & Presentation The consulting team will present the draft recommendations. 7:50 p.m. Round Table Discussion Provide your feedback on the draft

recommendations 8:20 p.m. Reporting Back A facilitated discussion of the results of the Round

Table Discussion. 8:40 p.m. Q & A 8:55 p.m. Next Steps and Thank You

Tonight’s Agenda

For more information please contact:

Scott Barrett

Senior Coordinator

Heritage Preservation Services

City of Toronto

[email protected]

416-338-1079

Lauren Archer

Preservation Officer

Heritage Preservation Services

City of Toronto

[email protected]

416-392-2653

mailto:[email protected]

City of Toronto, Preservation Services • Scott Barrett, Sr. Coordinator

• Lauren Archer, Preservation Officer

Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd. • Jill Taylor, Principal

• Ellen Kowalchuk, Manager Heritage Planning

• Kristina Martens, Heritage Planner

• Megan Hobson, Architectural Historian

Archaeological Services Inc. • Dave Robertson, Senior Archaeologist

• Mary-Cate Garden, Project Manager and Cultural

Landscape Specialist

• Heidi Schopf, Cultural Landscape Specialist

Urban Strategies • Melanie Hare, Principal

• Josh Neubauer, Planning Consultant

Consultant Team

• HCDs recognize and protect historic neighbourhoods.

They guide / manage change within them, so as to

maintain their heritage value and character.

• They are enclosed by a defined boundary, and are

designated by By-law of City Council.

• The By-law is registered on the title of each property.

• An HCD Study and Plan are prepared by heritage

professionals, planners, urban designers and

archaeologists.

What is an HCD?

Ontario Heritage Act (2005)

• HCDs are protected by City Council under Part V of

the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA).

• The OHA sets out the provisions for studying,

planning and designating HCDs.

• The OHA also regulates permits for alterations and

demolition within an HCD.

Legislation and Policy

Heritage Conservation Districts in Toronto:

Procedures, Policies and Terms of

Reference

• Adopted by Council in 2012.

• Available on the Heritage Preservation Services

website.

• Describes all procedures, policies and guidelines of

the City of Toronto for HCD Studies and Plans such

as:

- Community involvement

- Nomination process, nomination forms.

- Built Heritage and

Landscape Survey Form for community volunteers

• Providing policy and guidelines for how to conserve and

appropriately adapt contributing resources.

• Providing policy and guidance on how to build new

buildings.

• Every property within the HCD boundary is designated

under the OHA.

• Properties are either identified as “contributing” or “non-

contributing”.

• Every HCD has a unique plan written that defines how the

area is to be managed.

• The HCD plan will also identify the properties in the

boundary as contributing or non-contributing to the

heritage value, character, and integrity of the district.

How HCDs Work

NOMINATE • Nomination form is submitted for consideration.

• Staff report to City Council.

• Council may authorize the area for study.

STUDY • Document the study area resources and history.

• Evaluate the cultural heritage value of the area.

• Identify objectives for a plan and any conflicts with other

By-laws.

PLAN • Write policies and guidelines for the conservation and infill

of properties in the district.

• Council adopts plan and designates HCD by By-law.

Steps for an HCD

2005: Ontario Heritage Act is revised giving new powers to

Council for stronger HCDs.

2009: New HCD Studies are suspended to develop new

policy framework.

March 2012: City Council adopts “HCDs in Toronto” and

directs staff to develop a prioritization system.

October 2012: King-Spadina is authorized for Study and

made a high priority by City Council.

April 2013: Taylor Hazell Architects is retained to

undertake the HCD Study for King-Spadina.

April 2014: Completed study will be submitted to City.

King-Spadina HCD Study to Date

King-Spadina HCD Study Area

Inventory

• 388 properties surveyed

• Inventory forms completed

Thematic History

06 / Adelaide St. West at Simcoe c. 1890

FIRST PEOPLES (9000 BCE TO 1600 CE)

NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS (1600-1763)

PROVINCIAL CENTRE (1763-1840)

Establishment of Upper Canada (1763-1791)

Town of York and the Military Reserve (1793-1797)

New Town Expansion (1797-1830)

Dissolution of Military Reserve (1830-1840)

DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION (1840-1950)

First Wave of Residential Development (1840-1860)

Residential and Industrial Intensification (1860-1950)

DECLINE (1950-1980)

Industrial Change (1950-1980)

REBIRTH & REVITALIZATION (1980-PRESENT)

Adaptive Reuse: Entertainment and Cultural Employment

New Residential Neighbourhood

Archaeology

CASE STUDIES

Bishop’s Block (Adelaide and Simcoe)

• five townhouses constructed c1930

Toronto General Hospital (King and John)

• constructed 1819-20

• Typhus epidemic 1847

• closed 1854 and demolished 1862

Thomas Bell Jr. site (King and Bathurst)

• c1842 residence represents early occupation of the

Military Reserve lands

Lowry-Hannon site (Bathurst and Adelaide)

• c1844 residence represents working class life in

early years of Military Reserve development

Policy Review


REVIEW OF PLANNING POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS

• King-Spadina Secondary Plan

• Reinvestment Area (RA) Zoning in Toronto Zoning By-Law No.

438-86

• Toronto Urban Design Guidelines, King-Spadina

• King-Spadina Community Improvement Plan (CIP)

• East Precinct Built Form Study

• Funding Sources for Heritage Conservation District Studies in

King-Spadina

• Progress Report, King-Spadina East Precinct Built Form Study

• King Street West Properties—Inclusion on Heritage Inventory

• Committee of Adjustment application RE 2154 Dundas Street

West

• Entertainment District Business Improvement Association’s

Master Plan

• Committee of Adjustment application RE: 650 King Street West

& 95 Bathurst Street

• Final Report RE: King Spadina Secondary Plan Review

• Toronto Urban Design Guidelines

• Regeneration in the Kings

• Toronto Official Part II Plan, c. 19.8 King-Spadina

• King-Spadina Community Improvement Plan

• Fine Tuning of the Planning Regulations for the King-

Parliament and King-Spadina Reinvestment Areas

Consultations


STAKEHOLDERS

• Toronto Entertainment District BIA

• Grange Community Association

• Wellington Place Neighbourhood Association

• King-Spadina Residents Association

• Draper Street Neighbourhood Association

• Diamond Corp

• Urban Space Property Group

• Allied REIT

• Build Toronto

Analysis

Town of York, 1797

Study Area, 1797

Study Area, 1837

Study Area, 1899

Study Area, 1910

Study Area, 1923

Study Area, 1957

Study Area, 1992

Built Form

Pre-1850

1860 to 1879

1880 to 1899

1900 to 1919

1920 to 1939

1940 to 1959

1960 to 1979

1980 to 1999

2000 to present

Properties by Date Range

Architectural Styles

07 / King St. West

Architectural Styles

07 / King St. West

Commercial 1890-1940

Toronto Bay-and-Gable 1875-1898

Second Empire 1860-1900

Mid-Century Modern 1945-1970

Conservative Renaissance Revival 1850-1910

Edwardian Classical 1900-1930

Renaissance Revival 1850-1910

Typologies

07 / King St. West

Views

07 / King St. West

Circulation Routes

07 / King St. West

Planning Context

07 / King St. West

Listed and Designated Properties

Evaluate

Significance

08 / Richmond St. West

Evaluate Significance


Criteria: Does the District have a rare, unique,

representative or early collection of a style, type,

expression, material or construction method?

YES

The King Spadina HCD Study area contains a collection of late 19th

and early 20th century residential and commercial styles which share

similar characteristics in their symmetrical and orderly composition,

square and rectangular plans and classical detailing.

The styles illustrate a formative period of Toronto’s development -

between 1880 and 1939.

Residential styles such as Toronto Bay-n-Gable represent early

Toronto housing styles.

Early commercial styles such as Renaissance Revival were widely

used by Toronto’s mercantile class for commercial blocks and factories.

Later commercial styles such as Conservative Renaissance Revival,

Commercial and Edwardian Classical) use of concrete and steel

construction materials maximized building heights, allowed large area

for glazing and had flexible open interior plans. These are particularly

evident on Spadina Avenue.



Criteria: Does the District have a rare, unique, or

representative layout, plan, landscape, or spatial

organization

YES The study area contains a unique layout of laneways, a designed

landscape which includes two significant parks and a unique

organization of spaces along Spadina Avenue.

Laneways

The square and rectangular plans of the manufacturing buildings

create a network of north-south lanes, representing the historic uses of

these spaces as work yards and areas associated with mid-size

production facilities. These often run through the entire block.

Designed Landscape

Wellington Street West anchored by Victoria Memorial Square on

the west and Clarence Square on the east is a designed boulevard

dating to the mid-19th century. The generous width of the street was

intended to be lined with trees and serve as an area for wealthy

residents.

Spadina Avenue

Spadina Avenue has a between Front and Richmond has a unique

character due to the width of the street, the size and scale of the

buildings and their use as factories and warehouses for the garment

industry. The street has a concentration of buildings over 10 storeys in

height.



Criteria: Does the District have direct associations with

a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or

institution that is significant to a community

YES

The study area is directly associated with the increasing importance

of manufacturing to Toronto between 1880 and 1939. The

introduction of the railways to the City in 1850s, initiated

manufacturing in the area due to its proximity to the railway tracks

and the water.

Manufacturing in the area expanded rapidly after the Great Fire of

1904 wiped out the manufacturing area located at Front and Bay. By

1911, manufacturing was the largest source of employment in

Toronto.

Criteria: Does the District possess a character that

defines, maintains or supports the area’s history and

sense of time and place

YES

The character of the study area is defined by former manufacturing

buildings constructed between 1880 and 1939. Although varying in

date of construction and architectural style, the buildings are

consistent and characterized by their square and rectangular

plans, symmetrical design, red brick cladding with cut stone

detailing and 3 to 6 storey height.



Visual, functional or historical coherence

The buildings in the study area create a consistency of size and

scale. This is due to their square and rectangular plans,

symmetrical layouts, red brick cladding with cut stone detailing

and typical 3 to 6 storey height.

The space between the buildings forms laneways that represent

historic uses of the spaces as work areas.

Authenticity

Of the more than 388 properties evaluated as part of the study,

just over 260 (67%) were constructed between 1880 and 1939.

Most of the historic residential properties are the first and only use

the properties have ever served.

Although the existing manufacturing buildings replaced much of

the original residential building stock, they represent the second

wave of construction. While the uses of the buildings have

changed (from manufacturing to office), the second wave of

building stock is evident in the area.

Draft

Recommendations


Draft Recommendation 1


1A. UNDERTAKE HCD PLAN FOR AREA BETWEEN PETER AND BATHURST

• Peter Street reflects historic boundary of New Town

• maintains both sides of Spadina Avenue as well as the back lots

• maintains Wellington Street with anchors at Victoria and Clarence Squares

• concentration of former manufacturing buildings and intact laneway system

1B. EXTEND PLAN AREA BOUNDARIES

• as per section2.3 (page 55) of the City HCD TOR, extend the plan area boundaries to include both sides of Richmond

Street (including St. Andrew’s Park) and the west side of Bathurst Street (including St. Mary’s Parish as well as views

to the property along Adelaide St. W.)

Draft Recommendation 2


2A. UNDERTAKE AN HCD PLAN FOR THE AREA BETWEEN PETER AND SIMCOE STREETS -concentration of former manufacturing buildings, especially between Adelaide and King Streets West and John and

Simcoe, Duncan

-this is a destination area characterized by entertainment venues (including Royal Alex NHS) and restaurants (including

those on John Street). 2B. EXTEND PLAN AREA BOUNDARIES

-as per section2.3 (page 55) of the City HCD TOR, extend the plan area boundaries to include both sides of Simcoe

Street (St. Andrew’s Church and Manse) as well as Roy Thompson Hall, Metro Hall and David Pecault Square

Next Steps


• Feedback from this meeting incorporated into King-Spadina HCD Study final report

• Toronto Preservation Staff review report and present to Toronto Preservation Board for review and approval (May 2014)

• King-Spadina HCD Plan phase begins (August 2014)

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