Tag: architecture
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Preaching to the Converted
Highlighted on the cover! I had the privilege of writing about 16 West and other Hamilton-area church reuse projects for HAMILTON CITY Magazine. 16 West is an award-winning project that saw a designated church rapidly and cost-effectively transformed into rental apartments. The Made in Hamilton Issue also includes pieces on two organizations mentioned in my…
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ACO Heritage Awards nomination
I’m excited to share the news that I’m nominated for an Architectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) Heritage Award! I am honoured to be one of three nominees for the A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy, in recognition of my work to save St. Giles. Update: Thanks to the Spec for covering my nomination! This award recognizes people…
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Announcing the Landsdale Neighbourhood Inventory
I’m excited to announce a new community-led project in Hamilton’s Ward 3: the Landsdale Neighbourhood Inventory! This is one of the first projects for our new non-profit that’s grown out of the Friends of St. Giles, with a broader focus on reuse and our built environment. As a Landsdale resident and as chair of this…
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Hamilton, meet church apartments
Great news for housing, and for church reuse! Just one year later, Tal Dehtiar is back on the Spec front page with the news that his church apartments are ready to rent. As reported last summer, Dehtiar was set to transform a designated church in Hamilton’s Stinson neighbourhood into 19 rental units. Hamilton lags behind…
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Core Urban comes to Landsdale
Front page of Monday’s Spectator: a win-win-win for Core Urban, Mission Services, and adaptive reuse! As part of their deal for Mission Services’ property on James Street North, Core Urban is renovating a former industrial building in Landsdale, to reopen as a new, larger shelter facility by the winter. Most recently home to the Canadian…
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Listed! The former Hanrahan’s
Hanrahan’s is now a listed heritage property! Once slated for demolition, the Edwardian hotel building was officially added to the Municipal Heritage Register this summer as part of the Beasley Neighbourhood Inventory. Congratulations to the family and property owner! Inclusion on the Register represents official recognition of the building’s value to the local community. As…
Sarah Sheehan 