March 2010
9 posts
City proceeding with demolitions despite...
sabbatical:
Brantford city council is tearing down a row of 41 heritage buildings, including the longest stretch of pre-confederation buildings in Ontario, and certainly its one of the most complete Victorian commercial streets in the region, particularly unique because the buildings are on a steep slope, backing onto the former river’s edge/canal. Some of you have been following the development...
City seeks clarification on surprise letter from... →
City officials are trying to get to the bottom of a surprise letter from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, hoping it won’t present another unexpected “bump” in plans to demolish 40 buildings on the south side of downtown Colborne Street. The letter, from Chris Schiller, manager of culture of the ministry’s culture services unit, informed the city that the ministry has...
Facebook group: Save the South Side of Colborne... →
How it all got started. 1600+ members and counting.
“The problems along Colborne Street have emerged over an extended period of time...”
– The City’s very own South Side of Colborne Street Task Force Report, 1995. (Convenient forgetfulness.)
Spacing Magazine: "Brantford’s downtown... →
Brantford city council recently voted to demolish three blocks of heritage buildings in the city’s downtown. Guest columnist Nigel Terpstra, of Urban Toronto, sent us this post about the situation.
February 2010
0 posts
“This is a complete disgrace! …We need to be up in arms defending what...”
– Toronto