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2012 ACO PROVINCIAL AWARDS - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
It's that time of year when we look for nominations for our awards program! Who do you know that is doing great things for heritage? Who deserves to be honoured?
The awards program is designed to honour preservation leaders and/or projects that are considered valuable on a provincial scale to the architectural conservation movement in Ontario.
The awards will be presented at our annual dinner on November 3rd.
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| Paul Hubert receives his award from Susan Ratcliffe, ACO President, and Frank Pal, Woodcliffe |
A CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE: ACO’S FIFTH ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATION
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario met at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto on Friday, November 11th for a celebration of excellence, its fifth annual awards presentation. This year seven awards were presented in five categories. Please see the full item for details. A gallery of the winners will be posted soon.
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| Goderich Church credit Sally888 |
Goderich Hit by Tornado: Help Us Help Them
A tornado hit Goderich, Ontario on Sunday August 21, 2011. There has been severe
damage to the buildings. According to our sources the north side of town was hit the
hardest, with about 60% of buildings affected, some of which have collapsed.
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| Queens Park |
ACO Releases Computer Modelling of Visual Attack On Queens Park
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) is asking the Government of Ontario to put in place emergency legislation to protect the view of the silhouette of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (LAO) from development appearing in the background. Once emergency protection is established, the Province should work with the City of Toronto to further develop the legal framework needed at both levels of government to protect the dignity of Ontario’s most important ceremonial space.
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Public Vistas of the Ontario Legislative Assembly in Jeopardy
Lloyd Alter, President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, says its back to the drawing board for proposed tall buildings policies for downtown Toronto. ”It looks like the proposed heights policies in the study have not been tested against at least one of the three critical views that the report so clearly states should be protected, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (LAO), We conclude that unless the recommendations are adjusted, the silhouette of the LAO building will be lost to future generations.”
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Events
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ONTARIO HERITAGE CONFERENCE 2012
May 31, 2012 to June 2, 2012
The joint conference of the Ontario Architectural Conservancy and Community Heritage will be held from Friday May 31st to June 3rd 2012, in historic downtown Kingston Ontario in conjunction with the City of Kingston and the Frontenac Institute.
For more information click on this item.
