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T h e
TORONTO
ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVANCY
Publication List
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ACT
Magazine: PATRICIA
McHUGH
S.J. Russell
editor, 2009
16 pp., 8.7x12", softcover, b&w & colour
photos and illustrations,
$10
The author of one of Toronto's definitive architectural books Toronto Architecture: A City Guide is
remembered in this special issue. McHugh's life and work are explored in essays and with photos.
Also in this issue: a Masonic Hall retrofit dating from 1906, Allan Sparrow remembered, book and art reviews.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-8-6
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ACCESS ALL
AREAS,
A Users Guide to the
Art of Urban Exploration
Ninjalicious,
2005
242 pp., 6x8", softcover,
61 b&w photos, colour cover,
index, glossary
$20
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Ninjalicious was the pen name of
Jeff Chapman, a Torontonian who achieved acclaim well beyond his city for his evocative descriptions of abandonned buildings,
'behind the scenes' spaces within buildings and many other 'off limits', under-used and private areas. His explorations were
guided by a code of conduct not unlike one that might be in effect in a natural park: enjoy the adventure, observe and record but take no action that
has an effect on the surroundings. Jeff was a member of the TAC executive and these memoirs are a very original and exhilerating 'face to face' with
architecture in our city, including the King Edward Hotel and Alsop's OCAD. This may be the only book in the world that has "The Powers That Be" as
an index entry (five occurances) which gives you an idea of Jeff's conspiratorial sense of humour.
ISBN: 0-9737787-0-9
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GLOBE CALL
FOR TENDER
DATABASE
Kent Rawson researcher, 2005
$25 for current branch-members of the Toronto Architectural
Conservancy,
$60 non-members.
CD featuring 3207-entry Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
excerpt
of entries
The
complete text of every Call for Tender printed in The Globe
(Toronto) between 1847 and 1890. 3207 entries. Your personal
shortcut through hundreds of hours of research. Searchable and printable.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-6-2
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KINGSWAY PARK,
TRIUMPH IN DESIGN
Elizabeth
Ingolfsrud
& Alec Keefer, 2004 reprint
(1st print 1994), 82 pp., 8.5x11", softcover,
700+ b&w photos, $25
In print again after
10 years: the comprehensive neighbourhood study of Robert Home
Smith’s Etobicoke residential enclave, documenting the
cultural and social life of the generation who built
the park including the architects, developers, builders
and first residents of each of the 671 houses, and photos
and descriptions of the houses themselves.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-1-7
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ACT
Magazine, Hospitals
& Development
S.J. Russell
editor, 2004, 32 pp., 8.5x11", papercover, fully
illustrated, $5
Among the issues examined are public-private partnerships
and the development pressures under which demolition occurs
at historic hospitals.
Specific sites featured:
~ CAMH
at 1001 Queen Street West, including the asylum wall.
~ St.
Joseph's Health Centre's Our Lady of Mercy building.
~ Riverdale
Hospital (1962) at Bridgepoint Health Centre.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-5-5 |
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ERIC ROSS
ARTHUR,
CONSERVATION IN CONTEXT
Alec Keefer editor,
2001
194 pp., 6x9", softcover,
95 b&w photos, colour cover,
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Eric
Arthur came from New Zealand to Toronto and changed the face
and the spirit of the city. He taught at the School of Architecture;
edited and wrote for the Journal of the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada; wrote many books, chief among them 'Toronto: No
Mean City' the definitive history of early Toronto
architecture; spurred preservation by founding the Architectural
Conservancy of Ontario; spearheaded the international competition
for the Toronto New City Hall; designed industrial, institutional
and residential buildings in Toronto and across Canada; and
inspired thousands of students, colleagues and citizens. This
anthology of free-ranging anecdotal and scholarly essays offers
select glimpses into Professor Arthur's always busy life.
Fully illustrated.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-4-8
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CHESTNUT
PARK,
notes for a walk
Edna
Hudson, 2001
16 pp., 7x8.5", papercover,
b&w photos, $2
(SORRY, PRESENTLY OUT OF PRINT).
A brief overview of the Rosedale
Street.
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THE
PROVINCIAL ASYLUM
IN TORONTO
Edna Hudson
editor, 2000
270 pp., softcover, 6x9", 122 b&w photos, colour cover
$25
On the 150th anniversary
of its debut, the landmark asylum (demolished in 1975) is
reconsidered. Its hard fall from grace began shortly after
construction when the sophisticated architectural programme
was overwhelmed and under-maintained and was finally blamed
not only for functional shortcomings but also collateral
failures of medical treatments.
The investigation of the possibilities
of designing and using a building as a therapeutic instrument
is the central question around which a dozen contributors
offer essays. According to John Bentley Mays in the National
Post: "a useful lesson in how the meanings of medical architecture
shift and slide over time ...with the darkenings and lightenings
of medical knowledge about our frail human condition." Contributors
include Pleasance Crawford, Cyril Greenland, Shirley Morriss,
Douglas Richardson and John Sewell. Comprehensively illustrated
with many rare period photos and illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-3-1
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ACT
Magazine,
THE CONCOURSE
BUILDING
Keefer
& Hudson editors, 1999
20 pp., 8.5x11", papercover,
fully illustrated, $2
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CONSERVATION IN CONTEXT
Exhibit Catalogue
Alec Keefer editor,
1998
20 pp., 7x8.5", softcover, illustrated,
$5,
(SORRY, PRESENTLY OUT OF PRINT).
In
1998 the Toronto Architectural Conservancy staged an exhibit
marking the centenary of Eric Arthur's birth. This catalogue
includes an article by curator Alec Keefer and selected reproductions
from the exhibit.
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THE
ROMANESQUE HEAD
OFFICE
Edna Hudson,
1997, 122 pp., softcover, 8.5x11",
122 b&w photos, colour cover, $25
A history of the Confederation
Life Headquarters, an exuberant Romanesque/French Gothic
skyscraper designed by Knox and Elliot in 1889. It remains
today one of the most beautiful exteriors in Toronto. In
the dark ages of the 1980s politics, planning and aesthetics
collide as Ron Thom and Raymond Moriyama both attempt to
integrate the building into a new development, eventually
undertaken by Page and Steele. Comprehensively illustrated
with new and archival photos, drawings, paintings, maps,
plans, blueprints, elevations, charts, advertisements, and
newspaper clippings. A tour de force of critical research
which won a Heritage Toronto award for Ms. Hudson.
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ACT
Magazine,
UNION STATION
Keefer
& Hudson editors, 1997
20 pp., 8.5x11", papercover,
illustrated, $2.
(Please verify availability by phone:
416-947-1066.)
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ACT
Magazine,
MAIN STREETS
RESTORATION
Susan Treiber
& Anthony Lever editors, 1995
12 pp., 8.5x11", papercover, illustrated, $2.
(Please verify availability by phone:
416-947-1066.)
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| BELLEVUE
AVENUE: A STUDY
Edna Hudson,
1993, 40 pp., 8.5x11", paper cover, illustrated, $5
An architectural and social
chronology of this (now) downtown Toronto street culled
from many sources. Ms. Hudson offers details of the transition
from settling landowner to Victorian subdivisions to modern
city street, including such engineering details as the laying
of the sewer lines. Modest homes were favored by the waves
of Jewish and Portuguese immigrants. Larger homes were converted
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A
STUDY OF RUSHOLME
ROAD
TRAC board,
1991, 52 pp., 8.5x11", paper cover, fully illustrated,
$10
A West End Edwardian residential
street is analyzed quantitatively to yield its defining
characteristics. This study was commissioned by the resident's
association to aid their preservation efforts. Fully illustrated.
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TERRA
COTTA: ARTFUL
DECEIVERS
Alec Keefer,
Patricia McHugh et al, 1990,
139 pp., 8.5x11", softcover, 184 b&w photos,
$15
Profiles of several dozen
selected terra cotta-faced buildings from across Ontario.
These case studies examine both aesthetic and technological
achievement in detail. A trove of large, legible archival
and new photography, renderings and plans, guides the reader.
ISBN: 978-0-9699054-7-9
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| TORONTO'S
THEATRE BLOCK
Paul
Dilse, 1989, 72 pp., 8.5x11", softcover, 66 b&w photos
(including centerfold panorama), $15 |
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is a detailed record of a noteworthy downtown Toronto commercial
block, suggesting that the block be spared from intrusive
redevelopment. The buildings include not only Massey Hall,
the Elgin and Wintergarden Theatres, former banks (and the former Heritage
Toronto offices), but also the lesser-known buildings which
join these together. Photography specially commissioned
from architectural photographer Peter MacCallum.
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