Tag: local
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Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape
Exciting news: Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape is live in the park! This landmark placemaking project — led by me and sponsored by the Barton Village BIA — was installed in early June, just in time for the Barton Village Festival. Learn more at the project website, GhostLandscape.ca. Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape is a community-led placemaking…
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Doors Open Hamilton 2022
It was an honour for me to co-chair this year’s edition of Doors Open Hamilton with the legendary Janice Brown. The weekend of May 7th and 8th, the Hamilton Region Branch of Architectural Conservancy Ontario hosted the first in-person Doors Open in the province since the start of the pandemic. Janice Brown serves as Secretary…
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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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The last Southam house
For the Victoria Day edition of the Toronto Star, I wrote about keeping Chedoke estate public — and the lost opportunities, including for significant revenue, that can result from privatizing it. Update: Featured in the June edition of ACORN in a Nutshell: The Newsletter of Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Also known as Balfour House, Chedoke is…
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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…
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Churches as social infrastructure
A fascinating opinion piece on church buildings as crucial community infrastructure: in last Wednesday’s Spec, the CEOs of Anishnabeg Outreach and Trinity Centres Foundation argue for the healing power of social infrastructure, in the form of repurposed church buildings. This piece is also very timely, considering the number of at-risk church buildings in Hamilton and…
Sarah Sheehan 