Tag: churches
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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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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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Groundbreaking at city-owned St. Mark’s Church
This week, the City of Hamilton hosted a groundbreaking at the future St. Mark’s Centre. Once slated for demolition, the 145-year-old, downtown church is being transformed into a cultural venue and community hub. Update: read my letter to the editor at theSpec.com. Construction on this exciting, community-led adaptive reuse project starts this month, and includes…
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Grace Lutheran at risk
Grace Lutheran was back at City Hall this week. In March, I spoke to the Hamilton Planning Committee about this unique neo-Gothic church. Grace Lutheran was designed by renowned Hamilton architect William Russell Souter in 1959. View my slides here. At the March meeting, councillors were considering the Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee’s recommendations to add…
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Major donation for adaptive reuse of St. Giles church
Exciting news: the Friends of St. Giles have announced a major donation towards adaptive reuse of St. Giles church. As spokesperson for the Friends, I liaised with media about the announcement. The Friends of St. Giles are incredibly grateful to the anonymous donor for their generosity, community focus, and creative thinking. You can read the…
Sarah Sheehan 