Ward 27 Heritage Action 2011

The mission of Ward 27 Heritage Action 2011 is to pursue proactive heritage conservation efforts in threatened or neglected structures in Ward 27.

The Community History Project for research, preservation, advocacy and public education was founded in 1983 and is an affiliate of the Ontario Historical Society. Reg Charitable No.

84699 8755 RR001

Individuals can make charitable contributions to enable Ward 27 Heritage Action mobilize knowledge and expertise to defend our heritage assets and recover our local history.

Community History Project 79 Queen St East 2nd floor 416-515-7546

Ward 27 Heritage Action2011 Priority Projects

Ward 27 Heritage Action 2011

Community History ProjectCharitable Reg #84699 8755 RR0001

Pursue active heritage conservation efforts in threatened or neglected structures

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Demolition by Neglect St Basil Lane/Rear 39 Queen‟s Park

Heritage attributes are found on the exterior of the building. The stable rises two stories beneath a cross-gabled roof with exposed eaves and a wooden lantern. The first storey is clad in brick with limestone quoining and, above a dentil course, the second storey has plaster and wood mock half timbering. The window and door configuration incorporates round-headed openings with exaggerated voussoirs on the first storey and flat-headed openings with wooden sills and lintels on the second storey. The highest door in the west elevation exhibits fixed, multi-paned glass and braced wooden panels while, on the north and south elevations, tripartite windows contain six-over-one glazing beneath shaped wooden lintels.

Ground floor is used to store gas powered garden equipment. Holes in ceiling, gasoline odour. Second floor unsafe.

DESIGNATED Toronto City Council Sep 2003

Located behind the Thomas W. White House, the south stable was built after 1900 and has been occupied almost continuously since 1968 by the Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto, founded by Marshall McLuhan.

Heritage attributes exist on the exterior and interior of the building. The 1½-storey structure incorporates a rectangular plan with brick cladding and brick and stone detailing. The pitched roof has peaked and shed-roofed dormers with returned eaves and multi-paned windows with wood trim. The pattern of the fenestration, the front door and second-storey (north) door with sidelights and a hoist on the north elevation are important exterior elements. The interior has wood panelling, simple mouldings and cased and arched openings. The first-floor mural entitled „Pied Pipers All‟ by French designer René Cera is an important feature.

The north stable was reapportioned to the site from the neighbouring lot at 43 Queen‟s Park Crescent East, a property originally owned by Lieutenant Colonel James Mason. Designed by Toronto architect George W. Gouinlock in 1903, it is a good example of a Tudor Revival outbuilding with a rectangular plan.

DESIGNATEDToronto City Council

Sep 2003NO HERITAGE

PLAQUE

46 Wellesley Street East

28 Stories 227 units

11 Wellesley St. W

9 Stories 318 units 1 Bloor St. East

78 Stories 612 unitsSt. Mary Street

45/55 stories 775 units

5 St. Joseph Street

45 Stories 420 units

15 St. Mary Street

29 units 244 units

45 Charles Street East

33 stories 325 units

39 Queen’s Park

1903 Guinlock Coach House

demolition by neglect UofT

15 St. Mary Street, 65-67

St. Nicholas Street and

a portion of 692 Yonge

Street – Rezoning

History of 75 St Nicholas St, 15 St Mary Street Development

Seq. Date Elapsed months Item Reference

1 11-Jul-08 Application submitted 44 stories, 352 units, 26,016 m2 GFA

2 6-Aug-08 1 Preliminary report published

3 9-Sep-08 2 Preliminary report adopted by Community Council

4 4-Nov-08 4 Community Consultation meeting Night of US Election 300+ in attendance

5 4-Dec-08 5 City Planning Refuses Proposal

6 7-May-09 10 Revised Application Submitted 29 stories, 244 units, 15,846 m2 GFA

7 17-Jun-09 11 Second Public Consultation

8 24-Sep-09 15 Revised application published http://www.toronto.ca/planning/15_st_mary.htm

9 13-Oct-09 15 Public Meeting - Toronto And East

York Community Council approved32 Deputations

10 26-Oct-09 16 Toronto City Council Approved

11 27-Jan-10 19 Passing of Zoning By Law No 103-2010 http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/2010/law0103.pdf

12 22-Feb-10 20 Deadline for notice of OMB Appeal passes without appeal

13 11-Aug-10 25 Developer denied 'minor' variance to add 6 stories +3600m2 at Committee of Adjustment

14 11-Sep-10 26 Developer appeals CofA decision to OMB

15 2-Dec-10 29 OMB Hearing: Developer offers $750,000 community benefits for Community group to withdraw opposition to variance

Additional 6 stories + 3,600 m2 GFA

From Heritage Preservation Services Report(none of which was included in final report)

A remarkable central city core enclave notable for its unique physical character and texture.

The Yonge St block face is a remarkable collection of 19th century commercial architecture on what would be considered Toronto's main street.

The richly historic pedestrian and low rise scale of the area will become increasing important as neighbouring areas become even more densely developed.

The area currently retains its sense of individual place and identity and is strongly linked to Toronto‟s social cultural and architectural past.

The conservation of this historic streetscape along this street frontage may be of utmost importance civically, provincially and nationally.

The scale, massing and street relationships of the heritage /historic building stock should form the basis for all new development where it is adjacent to one, or in this case, numerous heritage resources.

These shops rival Lennox‟s gracious houses, except that they are splendidly bigger and bolder. Architecturally, they mark a short but interesting interval between a time when Yonge Street stores could pass for houses and when they became no nonsense commercial fronts.

Lennox designed this row for the Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company, a name recalling days when developers forthrightly spelled out their auspices – no “Fairviews” or Cadillacs.” McHugh, Toronto Architecture

664-682 Yonge St. (ten-unit commercial block Part of the Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company Stores)E.J. Lennox, 1883.

502-508 YONGE ST mid 1860s

526-528 YONGE ST mid 1860s; at Breadalbane St. (SW)

538-544 YONGE ST c.1873-74

546-550 YONGE ST commercial block; 1885-86

564 -568 YONGE ST row of shops; 1876 and 1884

570-584 Yonge ST row of shops 1876, (#574, 578 & 582 rebuilt);

586 YONGE ST Shop; 1876

588-590 YONGE ST Shop; 1871; remodelled in 1988

592-596 YONGE ST commercial block ;1869-1870

612 -618 YONGE ST SEE 5 St. Joseph St.

626-632 YONGE ST row of shops; c.1878

634-644 YONGE ST row of shops; c.1865

646 -662 YONGE ST row of shops: #646-652, 1873; #654-662, 1876

664 -680 YONGE ST Company Stores; 1883, E.J. Lennox

676 682 YONGE ST SEE 6 Charles St. E.

720-728 YONGE ST

Statutory Planning Meeting Toronto East York Community Council

http://www.youtube.com/savestnick

When it comes to midrise, politicians are

infatuated with it, developers aren’t. What about buyers? “People would rather live up

high than low because they want the views. It’s location driven. If you’re

next to a lowriseneighbourhood, you’re not going to do a 35-

storey tower. It is more an empty nester product

and they tend to be higher end, more

traditionally designed.” Mark Reeve, partner in

Urban Capital

Heritage Conservation Districts

The policies and terms of reference are structured to lead a community and consultant through a step by step process

for undertaking the study and designation of an HCD, with the assistance and advice of City staff. The core policy

requirements for undertaking an HCD and those that are required for all HCD plans set the stage for the study and designation of an HCD. These are followed by a detailed

terms of reference.

The terms of reference outline all the steps to be taken in studying

and planning for an HCD. Although the terms of reference is laid out

sequentially, it is important that it be regarded and read in its entirety - the findings of some later sections may prove to inform earlier ones as the study and plan are undertaken. The requirements for the study and

plan generally build upon each other as follows:

Heritage Conservation District

Propose Boundaries

Research (history and survey)

Character Analysis

Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Values

Heritage Character Statement

One of the major components of the policy and terms of reference is the introduction of new criteria for determining the cultural heritage values of the district.

Ontario Regulation (O-Reg) 9/06, made under the Ontario Heritage Act, and prescribed for determining the cultural heritage values of individually designated properties, is the foundation for new HCD criteria.

The HCD criteria modify and expand upon O-Reg 9/06 by adding separate criteria related to social and community value, and natural and scientific value. Although these are alluded to in O-Reg 9/06, the new criteria draws out those values because of the particularly important contribution they can make to understanding the nature, form and significance of an HCD.

The HCD criteria also introduce new integrity criteria, which are intended to ensure that a district retains enough of its authentic and original material associated with its values, to communicate its significance effectively. They also seek to ensure that there is a visual coherence of the cultural heritage values – meaning that there is a strong and over-riding sense of time and place that reinforces the cultural heritage values of the district.

A community is bound by its imaginative possessions

Historic Yonge ^E

5 St, Joseph 15 St. Mary/

75 St. Nicholas

A community is bound by its imaginative possessions

Historic Yonge West ViewHistoric Yonge & Gloucester

Ward 27 Heritage Action

Community History Project

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