Tag: sustainability
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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…
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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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Save a building, fight climate change
I wrote a CBC opinion piece on adaptive reuse, the climate crisis, and how we can rethink architectural waste and obsolescence. Online: “Save a building, fight climate change,” January 26, 2022. With thanks to Jim Brown, Chris Wiebe, and Eva Salinas. Mark Thompson Brandt’s comments via the National Trust for Canada’s December 2021 Gathering of…
Sarah Sheehan 