• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Community
  Adaptive reuse

The Ontario Heritage Trust’s Doors Open Ontario program works with communities and partners to open the doors, gates and courtyards of Ontario’s most unique and...

• Economics of heritage
  Environment

It was my time to finally get my message across. About 15 years ago, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) was beginning to purchase properties...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Adaptive reuse

One of the greater pleasures of working in architectural conservation in Ontario is the opportunity it provides to work with traditional building materials: the timber...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Arts and creativity
  Community
  Adaptive reuse

Shaftesbury is the company behind the hit television series Murdoch Mysteries and Frankie Drake Mysteries, both of which air on CBC in Canada and are...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Community
  Adaptive reuse

Nestled in the old city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Old St. George’s United Methodist Church is a “mother church” of the denomination and the oldest Methodist...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Community
  Adaptive reuse

Location: 1 Block House Island Road, BrockvilleOwner: City of BrockvillePartners: Brockville Railway Tunnel Committee (plus countless generous donors)Original use: Canada’s first railway tunnel and part...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Community
  Food
  Adaptive reuse

Location: 1198 1st Avenue East, Owen SoundOwner: City of Owen SoundPartners: Kloeze Family (Mudtown Station Inc.)Original use: Passenger train station (Owen Sound Canadian Pacific Railway...

• Economics of heritage
  Buildings and architecture
  Community
  Adaptive reuse

Heritage has always been at the heart of the University of Windsor’s ambitious plan to preserve the century-old Windsor Armouries and transform the building into...