News
GORE PARK - SAVE THE BUILDINGS!
We want to correct an error in the most recent issue of Heritage, the magazine published by the Heritage Canada Foundation. We do not support the recommendation of Hamilton's Municipal Heritage that the buildings be demolished.
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2013 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.
Deadline for submitting an application is June 30, 2013. The awards will be presented at our annual dinner in November.
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| Activists rally in front of threatened buildings |
ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY OF ONTARIO CALLS UPON PROVINCE TO PROTECT GORE PARK
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is calling upon the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport exercise his authority under the Ontario Heritage Act to block the demolition of streetwall along Hamilton's central Gore Park as buildings of provincial significance. Hamilton's Heritage Committee recommended that the buildings be protected under the Ontario Heritage Act but City Council has declined to do so. Click on this item for the full text of the press release. A pdf of our President's letter to the Minister is also attached.
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PRESENTING ACO’S 2012 ANNUAL AWARDS
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario met at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto on Friday, November 2nd for a celebration of excellence, its fifth annual awards presentation. This year nine awards were presented. Please see the full item for details. A gallery is posted on the site and on our Facebook page.
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| Barnum House - Saved by our Founder, Eric Arthur |
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GRAND OAKS OF ARCHITECTURE
2013 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. To celebrate all the ACO has accomplished over the past 80 years we will be putting together a book that highlights 80 buildings we’ve helped to save. We would like you to send us your nomination for a building that you feel should be included in this book.
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STRATEGIC PLAN
This document reports of the strategic plan that was developed in the spring of 2012
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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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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
ACO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
April 15, 2013 to June 10, 2013
The Annual General Meeting of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario will be held on Sunday, June 9 at the Penetanguishene Centennial Museum, 13 Burke Street, Penetanguishene,ON L9M 1C1 from 11:30 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M.
Council will present a resolution to amend section 8.02 of the by-laws at that meeting.
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ONTARIO HERITAGE CONFERENCE 2013
June 7, 2013 to June 9, 2013
The joint conference of the Ontario Architectural Conservancy and Community Heritage Ontario will be held from Friday June 7th to Sunday June 9th 2013 in conjunction with Heritage Midland, Heritage Penetanguishene and Heritage Tay.
