Letter from the Province to City of Toronto

Jan 18th, 2021

Letter responding to Chief Planner Greg Lintern regarding the demolition of properties at 153-185 Ea...

Letter responding to Chief Planner Greg Lintern regarding the demolition of properties at 153-185 Eastern Avenue, Dominion Foundry Buildings

TO Built Walking Tour No. 5, Facadism

Curated by Richard Longley, former ACO President, this tour moves through downtown Toronto and tells...

Curated by Richard Longley, former ACO President, this tour moves through downtown Toronto and tells the story of the remnant facades.

Kensington Market Walking Tour

Apr 29th, 2020

Week 4 of our Walking Tours visits Kensington Market, pick up some groceries or a take out dinner wh...

Week 4 of our Walking Tours visits Kensington Market, pick up some groceries or a take out dinner while you are in the neighbourhood, the merchants could use your patronage!

ACO Toronto Walking Tour: Parkdale

Apr 23rd, 2020

Take a walk through Parkdale, one of Toronto's most interesting and mixed neighbourhoods, early mans...

Take a walk through Parkdale, one of Toronto's most interesting and mixed neighbourhoods, early mansions, mid-century apartment blocks.

ACO Toronto Video- Join Today

Sponsored by ACO Toronto

Sponsored by ACO Toronto

TOBuilt Walking Tour - The Annex

Apr 23rd, 2020

Enjoy your walk through Toronto's Annex Neighbourhood, very rich architecturally...Let this whet you...

Enjoy your walk through Toronto's Annex Neighbourhood, very rich architecturally...Let this whet your appetite. For More, explore Madison Avenue which has an important collection of late 19th and earl...

TOBuilt Walking Tour-The Beaches

Apr 23rd, 2020

Walking Tour of The Beach Neighbourhood, along Queen Street, finishing at the amazing R.C. Harris Wa...

Walking Tour of The Beach Neighbourhood, along Queen Street, finishing at the amazing R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant.

Video - Ontario Place

Video on Ontario Place, sponsored by ACO Toronto

Video on Ontario Place, sponsored by ACO Toronto

The Original Vision for Ontario Place

Apr 22nd, 2017

Eberhard Zeidler delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 201...

Eberhard Zeidler delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. Eberhard Zeidler was the Senior Partner of Zeidler Partnership Ar...

Michael Hough Video on Ontario Place

A 1979 Lecture in which Michael Hough, landscape architect for Ontario Place discusses the construct...

A 1979 Lecture in which Michael Hough, landscape architect for Ontario Place discusses the construction, design and his thoughts on the designer's relationship to the project post construction.

Ontario Place: Building On Our Legacy: Event Video

Feb 27th, 2019

On February 19, 2019, the Toronto Branch of the Architectural Conservancy Ontario and the Toronto So...

On February 19, 2019, the Toronto Branch of the Architectural Conservancy Ontario and the Toronto Society of Architects hosted a panel discussion about the important architecture and landscape design ...

Video McLaughlin Planetarium

Apr 24th, 2020

Video sponsored by ACOToronto

Video sponsored by ACOToronto

Video Canadian National Exhibition

Apr 24th, 2020

Video sponsored by ACO Toronto

Video sponsored by ACO Toronto

Kensington Market Video

Apr 24th, 2020

Video on Kensington Market, Sponsored by ACO Toronto

Video on Kensington Market, Sponsored by ACO Toronto

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium Summary

May 6th, 2019

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded the theme Toronto's Disappearing Main St...

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded the theme Toronto's Disappearing Main Streets: Buildings and Businesses. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, topics range...

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium Program

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded the theme Toronto's Disappearing Main St...

ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded the theme Toronto's Disappearing Main Streets: Buildings and Businesses. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, topics range...

Urban Taxidermy

May 10th, 2019

Robert Allsopp delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium: Toronto's Disap...

Robert Allsopp delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium: Toronto's Disappearing Main Streets: Buildings and Businesses. The presentation was part of the "Current Context" P...

PlazaPops

Daniel Rotsztain and Brendan Stewart delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symp...

Daniel Rotsztain and Brendan Stewart delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium,...

Evolution of Retail: From Streetcar Suburbs to Strip Malls

John Lorinc delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, ...

John Lorinc delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded th...

Main Streets as an Old-Growth Forest

Click More Info above to watch a video of the presentation. To view the presentation slides, see Ass...

Click More Info above to watch a video of the presentation. To view the presentation slides, see Associated Document below. Catherine Nasmith delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's ...

"On the tip of my Yonge"

Kristyn Wong-Tam delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April...

Kristyn Wong-Tam delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expande...

The Changing Retail Landscape

Alex Speigel delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, ...

Alex Speigel delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expanded th...

Main Streets: City Planning Approach and Tools for Identifying Heritage

Tamara Anson-Cartwright delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held o...

Tamara Anson-Cartwright delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and ...

Taxed Out: Illustrating the Impact of Tax Policy on our Main Streets,

Claire Nelischer delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April...

Claire Nelischer delivered the following presentation at ACO Toronto's 2019 Symposium. Held on April 6, 2019 at the downtown YMCA in Toronto, ACO Toronto's 2019 Heritage Symposium, engaged and expande...

Death and the City: Event Video

Jan 16th, 2019

On 24 October 2018, a joint event between ACO Toronto and the Toronto Society of Architects was held...

On 24 October 2018, a joint event between ACO Toronto and the Toronto Society of Architects was held in the historic Heliconian Hall. Death and the City featured Gee Chung (ACO Toronto), Nicole Hanson...

Toronto´s School Buildings at Risk Symposium on You Tube

May 20th, 2018

ACO Toronto Branch Symposium, April 2018 examined the reasons our school buildings are suffering fro...

ACO Toronto Branch Symposium, April 2018 examined the reasons our school buildings are suffering from demolition by neglect, with presentations on policy and budget as well as political considerations...

Toronto´s Coach Terminal

Nov 11th, 2017

Some interesting images of the Toronto Coach Terminal, along with images of other Toronto buildings ...

Some interesting images of the Toronto Coach Terminal, along with images of other Toronto buildings by the same architect, Charles Dolphin

Moccasin Identifier Project

Apr 22nd, 2017

Carolyn King delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at...

Carolyn King delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the audio/video click on For More Information. Carolyn King is t...

Cultural Heritage Landscape: From Glacier to Planned City

Apr 22nd, 2017

Madeleine McDowell delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2...

Madeleine McDowell delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the Youtube Video click on For More Information. Madelein...

The Architectural Milieu at the Time of Canadian Confederation

Apr 22nd, 2017

Sharon Vattay delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 a...

Sharon Vattay delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the YouTube Video of the presentation click on For More Informatio...

Found Toronto: Toronto from 1858

Apr 22nd, 2017

Michael McClelland delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2...

Michael McClelland delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the video of the presentation click on For More Information: ...

Everyday Modern Architecture

Apr 22nd, 2017

Michael McLelland delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 20...

Michael McLelland delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. A registered architect and founding partner of ERA Architects, M...

Toronto and Expo 67: Modern Architecture and Avant-Garde Urbanisms amid the Two Solitudes

Apr 22nd, 2017

David Leonard delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 a...

David Leonard delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the Video of the lecture open For More Information; David L...

Architecture and National Identity: The Centennial Projects 50 Years On

Apr 22nd, 2017

Marco Polo delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at t...

Marco Polo delivered the following presentation at the ACO Toronto 150+ event on April 22, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre. For the link to Youtube lecture click on For More Information. Marco P...

Raymond Moriyama on the Ontario Science Centre

Apr 22nd, 2017

On April 22, 2017 ACO Toronto hosted 150+ at the Ontario Science Centre, a day-long event featuring ...

On April 22, 2017 ACO Toronto hosted 150+ at the Ontario Science Centre, a day-long event featuring talks on the architectural and cultural landscapes of Confederation era and Centennial era Toronto. ...

Eden Smith Architect

Illustrated with lovely pen and ink sketches by Bill Moffet, this is the first book on Eden Smith Ar...

Illustrated with lovely pen and ink sketches by Bill Moffet, this is the first book on Eden Smith Architect, published by Toronto Architectural Conservancy, now called ACO Toronto. 34 Pages Also se...

Eden Smith: Toronto´s Arts and Crafts Architect

Doug Brown's 53-page 2003 self-published book on the prolific architect, Eden Smith, is now availabl...

Doug Brown's 53-page 2003 self-published book on the prolific architect, Eden Smith, is now available in downloadable PDF form. The well researched volume includes a biographical description of the ar...

Alfred Chapman Architect

Illustrated by Howard V. Walker, this small book contains a history of the work of Alfred Chapman Ar...

Illustrated by Howard V. Walker, this small book contains a history of the work of Alfred Chapman Architect, the author's father. He was architect of the Prince's Gate, the former Toronto Reference Li...

Bellevue Avenue: An Architectural and Social Study

An architectural and social chronology of this (now) downtown Toronto street. Ms. Hudson provides de...

An architectural and social chronology of this (now) downtown Toronto street. Ms. Hudson provides details of its physical and social transition from settlement as frontage for the Denison Estate to Vi...

A Study of Rusholme Road

Nov 9th, 2017

Published December 1991, The study surveys Rusholme Road with photographs, and where known, building...

Published December 1991, The study surveys Rusholme Road with photographs, and where known, building permit numbers, year of construction, builders, architects, dates of construction and construction ...

Call for Tender, 1847- 1890.

This 145-page document (originally sold as a CD) contains the complete text of every Call for Tender...

This 145-page document (originally sold as a CD) contains the complete text of every Call for Tender printed in The Globe (Toronto) between 1847 and 1890. There are 3207 entries in all, providing a sh...

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800 - 1950: A Database

For decades, with only the occasional research grant and assistance, Robert Hill has been recording ...

For decades, with only the occasional research grant and assistance, Robert Hill has been recording the history of architects in Canada to build this highly useful online database. A wonderful and use...

Finding Aid to ACO Toronto´s Rosedale Archive: An Annotated Listing

This 74-page document prepared by historian Dr. Gibson lists and describes the contents of 40 boxes ...

This 74-page document prepared by historian Dr. Gibson lists and describes the contents of 40 boxes of research (including photos) on Rosedale collected in the 1970s by community residents. The materi...

Urban Taxidermy and the Yonge Street Diorama: Killing, Stuffing, and Presenting Yonge Street (text)

Apr 25th, 2016

Remarks by architect Robert Allsopp during one in ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series on what he terms...

Remarks by architect Robert Allsopp during one in ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series on what he terms "urban taxidermy." Taking Yonge Street as his example, his five pages of notes describe the economi...

Urban Taxiderm: The Killing, Stuffing, and Presentation of Yonge Street

Apr 25th, 2016

Robert Allsopp describing the creation of the Yonge Street Diorama.

Robert Allsopp describing the creation of the Yonge Street Diorama.

What Lessons of the 70s Have Been Lost?

Apr 25th, 2016

A two-page summary of remarks made at one in ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series. Among the lessons Br...

A two-page summary of remarks made at one in ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series. Among the lessons Bradburn draws is that we should revisit our appreciation of architectural styles that fall out of pub...

Is This the City we want?, What is the Role of Conservation in Today´s Rapidly Changing Toronto

Apr 25th, 2016

A brief, two-page summary of remarks prepared for ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series. City Heritage P...

A brief, two-page summary of remarks prepared for ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series. City Heritage Planner McDonald lays out her view on the role of conservation in a rapidly changing city, touching o...

The Impact of York Square in Toronto: The Beginnings of Post Modernism in Toronto (images)

Apr 18th, 2016

The accompanying images for John Sewell's lecture.

The accompanying images for John Sewell's lecture.

The Impact of York Square in Toronto: The Beginnings of Post Modernism in Toronto (text)

Apr 18th, 2016

In the 1970s, York Square helped put Toronto and the young firm of Diamond and Myers on the internat...

In the 1970s, York Square helped put Toronto and the young firm of Diamond and Myers on the international design and planning stage, but it is now threatened with near obliteration. Delivered as one i...

Building a Better Tomorrow: Schools of the Toronto Board of Education 1950-1965

Apr 4th, 2016

As part of ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series, Robert Moffatt discussed the remarkable mid-century wo...

As part of ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series, Robert Moffatt discussed the remarkable mid-century work of TDSB Chief Architect, Frederick C. Etherington, and architect Peter Pennington including the s...

Perception Modern: Inspiration for an Aspiring Architect -- the Influence of Peter Dickenson and Colin Vaughan

Nov 11th, 2016

As part of ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series, architect Annabel Vaughan gave a highly personal talk ...

As part of ACO Toronto's 2016 lecture series, architect Annabel Vaughan gave a highly personal talk describing the influence of Peter Dickinson on her father, architect Colin Vaughan, as seen by her b...

Heritage by Design

Nov 9th, 2017

An overview of the state of heritage conservation in 1976, including impact of the 1973 oil crisis t...

An overview of the state of heritage conservation in 1976, including impact of the 1973 oil crisis to environmental wastefulness. Chapters Heritage Begins at Home Heritage in the Cupboard Heritage...

ACT Newsletter, January 2004

Nov 23rd, 2017

Of Hospitals and Development Provincial Asylum, CAMH Grounds CAMH Doctors its Image Dark Side of ...

Of Hospitals and Development Provincial Asylum, CAMH Grounds CAMH Doctors its Image Dark Side of the Wall Beware of Privatization at Mental Health Centres A Critique of the Grid The Former River...

ACT Newsletter, Fall 1999

Nov 23rd, 2017

The Concourse Building Toronto, 1929 The Richmond Adelaide Centre Action Plan for City Council Pr...

The Concourse Building Toronto, 1929 The Richmond Adelaide Centre Action Plan for City Council Property Values in 1999 Property Taxes, a historical reminder Property Taxes on Heritage Properties ...

ACT Newsletter, Summer 1997

Nov 23rd, 2017

Union Station The City Beautiful Experiencing Union Station Architectural Changes Changes to Com...

Union Station The City Beautiful Experiencing Union Station Architectural Changes Changes to Come Protection of Access to Transportation Rail Planning Costs Sports Arena Planning Respect for A...

ACT Newsletter, Summer 1995

Nov 23rd, 2017

A Response to Main Street Restoration Upcoming Events Kingsway Park: Triumph in Design OMB Rules ...

A Response to Main Street Restoration Upcoming Events Kingsway Park: Triumph in Design OMB Rules on Plan for Gooderham and Worts

TRAC Newsletter, April 1994

Nov 23rd, 2017

Full Issue devoted to the history of Gooderham and Worts, as well as the 1994 Development Proposal f...

Full Issue devoted to the history of Gooderham and Worts, as well as the 1994 Development Proposal for the site.

TRAC Newsletter, May 1991

Nov 23rd, 2017

Trees for the Rouge Demolished-Peacock Building, UCC The Bungalow, 1414 Davenport Road Bill 31-Th...

Trees for the Rouge Demolished-Peacock Building, UCC The Bungalow, 1414 Davenport Road Bill 31-The Cemetery Act A Death Sentence for Graveyards? Letter from TRAC Editor to Globe and Mail What to...

ACT Newsletter, February 1990

Nov 23rd, 2017

Terra Cotta Tours Irish Town Tours The Pantages Theatre Gibson House Threatened Colours with Woo...

Terra Cotta Tours Irish Town Tours The Pantages Theatre Gibson House Threatened Colours with Woodwork Open the 7th Floor Petition Main Streets Intensification Peacock Building at Upper Canada V...

ACT Newsletter, February 1990

Nov 9th, 2017

Terra Cotta Toronto, stories, photographic exhibit, walking tours and contest, Irish Town Tour, The ...

Terra Cotta Toronto, stories, photographic exhibit, walking tours and contest, Irish Town Tour, The Pantages Theatre, Gibson House threatened, Colours with Woodwork, Open the 7th Floor Petition, Main ...

ACT Newsletter, November 1989

Nov 23rd, 2017

Various Stories, Updates on Land Title Documents Eaton Auditorium and Round Room The Leacock House...

Various Stories, Updates on Land Title Documents Eaton Auditorium and Round Room The Leacock House Controversy Where Have All the Churches Gone No 6 Police Station, Queen West and Cowan Avenue

ACT Newsletter, September 1989

Nov 23rd, 2017

Art Deco Toronto Walking Tour of University Avenue B Napier Simpson Jr. Memorial Lectures, the Pan...

Art Deco Toronto Walking Tour of University Avenue B Napier Simpson Jr. Memorial Lectures, the Pantages Theatre The Seventh Floor and its Sister in Montreal Toronto's Theatre Block: An Architectur...

ACT Newsletter, May 1989

Redevelopment at Parkwood, Oshawa The Art of Wychwood Park Runnymede Theatre-Final Curtain Near H...

Redevelopment at Parkwood, Oshawa The Art of Wychwood Park Runnymede Theatre-Final Curtain Near Historic Buldings in Newmarket Threatened Land Title Documents, Dust to Dust Ashes to Ashes Craigle...

ACT Newsletter, January 1989

Nov 9th, 2017

Lecture Notices Finding Our Way Out of the Preservation Maze In the Wake of the John Duncan House ...

Lecture Notices Finding Our Way Out of the Preservation Maze In the Wake of the John Duncan House Lost Churches of Toronto since 1945 Eaton Auditorium Update Land Title Documents Gone Forever Co...

ACT Newsletter, September 1988

Nov 9th, 2017

Contents Award of Merit Presentation Lecture Notices Campaign to Restore Eaton Auditorium and Rou...

Contents Award of Merit Presentation Lecture Notices Campaign to Restore Eaton Auditorium and Round Room 46 Yonge Street by Stephen A Otto Walking Tour of Synagogues in Kensington Market Faça...

ACT Newsletter, April 1988

Nov 9th, 2017

Calendar of Events, 899 Queen Street West, Masquerade On Adelaide Street, Troubled Waters Around Wyc...

Calendar of Events, 899 Queen Street West, Masquerade On Adelaide Street, Troubled Waters Around Wychwood Park, Award of Merit, Pantages Theatre, John Duncan House, The Living Dead or Live Wires-Overh...