Sarah Sheehan

Adaptive Reuse & Heritage

Adaptive reuse enables cities to respect their past, while being good environmental & cultural stewards for the future

The city has awarded a $4.6-million contract for the St. Mark's Church adaptive reuse project and expects construction to start this month.

Groundbreaking at city-owned St. Mark’s Church

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July 7, 2022July 28, 2022

Black and white photo of cast iron, Victorian memorial fountain at Woodlands Park, Hamilton, by George Laidler

Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape

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June 24, 2022July 14, 2022

Doors Open Hamilton 2022

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June 16, 2022

Grace Lutheran church was built in 1959 at 1107 Main St. W.

Grace Lutheran at risk

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June 1, 2022July 3, 2022

Chedoke, seen here in 2015, is a precious gift to Ontarians too important to be put in private hands, Sarah Sheehan writes.

The last Southam house

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May 23, 2022June 1, 2022

Friends of St. Giles say an anonymous donor has come forward with $400,000 to go toward adaptive reuse of 1912 church. The chuch had been facing demolition.

Major donation for adaptive reuse of St. Giles church

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March 28, 2022

Churches as social infrastructure

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March 17, 2022July 3, 2022

Detail of the stained glass window above the former altar area.

From house of worship to home for seven

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March 10, 2022March 11, 2022

Toronto's Distillery District is shown lit up for Christmas 2021. The district is an example of a successful conversion of an industrial site into a centre for tourism and culture. (Showwei Chu/CBC)

Save a building, fight climate change

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January 26, 2022July 21, 2022

Historic Dundas church for sale

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December 17, 2021December 23, 2021

Another win for housing and heritage?

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December 15, 2021January 8, 2022

Walking tours for Stewart & Witton 150

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December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

A business sign for the Coppley Building on the corner of MacNab and York Boulevard next to the original doorway to the building on MacNab.

Exciting news for the Coppley building

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November 24, 2021

Announcing Stewart & Witton 150

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August 9, 2021August 10, 2021

One of several entrance to the former St. Thomas Anglican.

More good news for housing and heritage

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July 13, 2021July 13, 2021

Good news for housing and heritage

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May 19, 2021July 7, 2022

Checking in on the Connolly

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February 13, 2021January 28, 2022

St. Giles, designed by Hamilton firm Stewart & Witton (Superior Engravers, 1957)

Designation in the core, demolition in the east: whose history matters?

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December 12, 2020May 21, 2021

Good news for the Long & Bisby

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October 22, 2020July 27, 2021

Going to bat for Old Cathedral

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September 8, 2020December 12, 2020

Little Fires Everywhere

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August 20, 2020August 24, 2020

Gothic Revival Meets Urban Decay

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May 16, 2020July 24, 2020

Hanrahans artist's concept by Bill Curran

Restored Hanrahan’s Part of Barton Renaissance

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February 13, 2020February 18, 2020

Hamilton, 1970/71 by Czech photographer Viktor Kolář

Industrial Evolution

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July 11, 2018August 24, 2020

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