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Queen Street West     2008 photo montage: Meichen Waxer

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Suggested amendments to the Queen Street West
Heritage Conservation District Guidelines

This report is a response to the architectural standards required of infill construction in the Queen St. W. HCD. In the present guidelines there is only the most cursory regard given to size and regularity of window opening, type of cladding and appropriate massing. This report seeks to rectify the situation with more stringent requirements based on six case studies of well-executed 'historical' infill in downtown.




Circle Time!
A special magazine on Round Buildings in Toronto, with a focus on Riverdale Hospital (1963).
This long-awaited issue is loaded with original research and archive photographs never before seen.

Building Progress Reports CD Database
From the Globe newspaper, Toronto

Transcriptions of the regular building progress reports found in the Globe. This searchable document in PDF form is a trove of data for researchers on the building of Victorian Toronto. This will be on sale to members of TAC.




ACT Magazine
Fall 2012

Many treats behind this sumptuous cover by Lucia Graca. We profile several new buildings of interest in Toronto that have distinctive glass curtain walls and speak to the designers. Need more transparency? How about a look at a few waterfront heritage sites, a visit to an abandoned Anglican Church, a long walk down a long street (Yonge of course) and much more. It is really coming... soonish! .


e-mail: steve(at)torarchcons.org

Toronto Architectural Conservancy