Mayor David Miller and Members of Toronto City Council invite you to view and comment on designs from the finalists of the Fort York Visitor Centre Design Competition at an open house on Friday, December 4 to Sunday, December 6 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day.
The Fort York Visitor Centre, key to the revitalization of Fort York National Historic Site, is scheduled for completion
for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812 in June 2012. Five design teams were selected to participate in the competition from a field of 31 who submitted their proposals following a Call
for Expressions of Interest. The five firms are: Baird Sampson Neuert Architects; Diamond and Schmitt Architects; du Toit Allsopp Hillier/du Toit Architects Limited; Patkau Architects Inc with Kearns Mancini Architects Inc; and rawdesign with Gareth Hoskins Architects.
The Open House will be held at:
Members' Lounge
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
12:00 p.m. remarks on Friday, December 4.
For further information please contact Sandra Shaul at 416-392-8231.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Active 18 Charette and Info
An Invitation to the Active 18 Community - to shape, contribute and help design your neighbourhood.
Dear Active 18 member,
Since our last AGM in January, 2009, Active 18 has continued to work on community activities such as park planning/overall design for the Queen West Triangle as well as advising for the Artscape Triangle Lofts.
Due to our desire for community input in the planning process we are now assisting one of our Steering Committee members, Steve Heuchert, with a charrette for the North West (Queen St.) Triangle - bordered by a railway corridor to the west, Queen St. West to the south, Florence St. and Peel St. to the north and Northcote Ave., Gladstone Ave., and Dufferin St. to the east.
Helpful documents are available at www.active18.org
1. Background document on the area and it's issues - good reading prep for the charrette.
2. Planning update for the WQW area
3. A printable/emailable Flyer to invite your neighbours
What we learned in the WQW* Triangle planning fiasco south of Queen is this: if good plans are in place before development applications are received at the City, the City and the community has more chance of shaping this development. (*Bohemian Embassies, Lisgar buildings, WestSide Lofts, 48 Abell, Queen/Dovercourt, Queen/Gladstone)
This is our impetus behind the next open and public charrette. This is a community/York University initiative and is being organized and operated by the Active18 Steering committee and York university students. We are asking members of Active 18 to help support the charrette initiative with funding for supplies - paper, pens, and most importantly for a few final printed documents. Of course we need your valuable input the day of the event. All the people involved are volunteering time and effort to make this a potential set of creative and exciting urban plans for the area. We believe this will come in handy before more development starts in this area.
Have an extra 5$ or more?
Cheques can be mailed or dropped off to "Active 18 Community Organization" at 19 Northcote Ave. Toronto, M6J 3K2
All donations appreciated!
The Charrette will occur on November 18, 2009, 5:30 - 8:30 in the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. Everyone is welcome.
Thanks kindly,
Active 18 Steering Committee
http://active18.org
Dear Active 18 member,
Since our last AGM in January, 2009, Active 18 has continued to work on community activities such as park planning/overall design for the Queen West Triangle as well as advising for the Artscape Triangle Lofts.
Due to our desire for community input in the planning process we are now assisting one of our Steering Committee members, Steve Heuchert, with a charrette for the North West (Queen St.) Triangle - bordered by a railway corridor to the west, Queen St. West to the south, Florence St. and Peel St. to the north and Northcote Ave., Gladstone Ave., and Dufferin St. to the east.
Helpful documents are available at www.active18.org
1. Background document on the area and it's issues - good reading prep for the charrette.
2. Planning update for the WQW area
3. A printable/emailable Flyer to invite your neighbours
What we learned in the WQW* Triangle planning fiasco south of Queen is this: if good plans are in place before development applications are received at the City, the City and the community has more chance of shaping this development. (*Bohemian Embassies, Lisgar buildings, WestSide Lofts, 48 Abell, Queen/Dovercourt, Queen/Gladstone)
This is our impetus behind the next open and public charrette. This is a community/York University initiative and is being organized and operated by the Active18 Steering committee and York university students. We are asking members of Active 18 to help support the charrette initiative with funding for supplies - paper, pens, and most importantly for a few final printed documents. Of course we need your valuable input the day of the event. All the people involved are volunteering time and effort to make this a potential set of creative and exciting urban plans for the area. We believe this will come in handy before more development starts in this area.
Have an extra 5$ or more?
Cheques can be mailed or dropped off to "Active 18 Community Organization" at 19 Northcote Ave. Toronto, M6J 3K2
All donations appreciated!
The Charrette will occur on November 18, 2009, 5:30 - 8:30 in the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. Everyone is welcome.
Thanks kindly,
Active 18 Steering Committee
http://active18.org
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