Public Notice

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

6 CAWTHRA SQUARE

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 6 Cawthra Square under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest. .

The property at 6 Cawthra Square, is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural value and meets Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the categories of design/physical, historical/ associative and contextual value.

Description

The property at 6 Cawthra Square is located in the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood, on the north side of Cawthra Square, mid-block between Jarvis Street and Barbara Hall Park. It contains a two-storey Queen Anne Revival-style house that was constructed in 1892. The building now contains several apartments. It sits adjacent to a nearly identical house at 8 Cawthra Square, designed and built at the same time, and adjacent to the 1891 George Gooderham mansion, a designated property.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

The house is a unique example of the Queen Anne Revival style due to is high-quality materials and distinctive design. The characteristic use of various wall textures, asymmetrical façade, and dominant front bay and gable stylistically defines the house. The generous use of stone, spacious detached form, and its irregular and picturesque gable-on-hip roofline sets it apart from many other Queen Anne Revival style houses in Toronto.

The house once featured elaborate and exuberant spindle work bargeboards, gable screens, and verandah friezes, as well as cresting on the verandahs and roof ridge. Originally, the high quality of materials with the elaborate spindle work and cresting - combined with the highly distinctive rooflines - marked the house as being more refined than the more typical Queen Anne Revival-style houses to line Toronto streets. While some decorative features and the verandahs have been lost, the house retains significant integrity and continues to stand apart from many other Queen Anne style houses in Toronto.

The property also has historical value for recalling the socio-economic and development history of the immediate and broader area, surviving as one of a dwindling number of residences in the Church Wellesley village area to do so.

When originally developed, the area was one of the most desirable in the city with the main corridors of Jarvis, Church and Sherbourne streets containing grand houses and the intermediate streets comprising many substantial but less grand houses such as this.  Such properties attracted the professional class, including managers and business owners. By the mid-1900s, many area houses had become rentals, boarding houses and apartments attracting single people who would come to define the demographic make-up of the Church-Wellesley Village area. The subject property reflects the socioeconomic history of the street and area. 

Further, the property contributes to the historic character of the immediate and broader physical context of the street and the neighbourhood.

Cawthra Square was developed as an upscale residential enclave, between two of the grandest streets in the city - Jarvis and Church streets. The high-quality materials and design of the subject property - combined with it being an integral component of a row of houses making up the north side of the street - help to define, maintain and support the character of the street.

Additionally, the property helps to define, maintain and support the historic late 1800s and early 1900s character of the broader area. Immediately adjacent Jarvis Street between Cawthra Square and Gloucester Streets is entirely comprised of properties designated and listed on Toronto's Heritage Register, including the George Gooderham House (1891) at the corner of Cawthra Square, which was designated in 1976. The block of Gloucester Street behind the subject property, and Monteith Avenue, immediately adjacent to Cawthra Square to the west are highly concentrated with properties on the Heritage Register which are designated or listed. The block bound by Cawthra Square, Church, Gloucester and Jarvis Streets contains the highest concentration of Heritage Register properties in the Church -Wellesley Village area.

Heritage Attributes

Design or Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 6 Cawthra Square as a unique example of Queen Anne-Revival-style design include:

• The two-storey, rectangular form, scale and massing of the house with rectangular rear extension
• The gable-on-hip roof with rear cross gable and front facing gable; side gable-roof dormer; tall, corbelled chimneys; gable peak with wood-shingle cladding
• The red-brick exterior with rough-dressed stone detailing comprising belt course, window sills and lintels, and first-storey, front-façade cladding
• The fenestration comprising rectangular openings with a couple wooden-sash windows containing leaded and two stained glass transom lights on main facade; the configuration of the former second-storey front-façade doorway
• The main central doorway with recessed porch clad in wooden tongue-and-groove cladding, the Queen Anne-style panelled wood door with multi-pane glazing arranged around a single pane, and door surround mouldings  

Historic and Associative Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 6 Cawthra Square for its contribution to an understanding of the historical socio-economic and development history of the immediate and broader Church-Wellesley village area:

The substantive architectural design of the house including its Queen-Anne Revival style, spacious two-storey form, and high-quality materials and detailing which recalls the area's historic and upscale residential character of detached and semi-detached houses

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the contextual value of 6 Cawthra Square as helping to define, maintain and support the historic late 1800s and early 1900s character of its context immediate context and broader area include:

• The location on Cawthra Square, between Church and Jarvis Streets
• The house contributes to the concentration of late Nineteenth and early Twentieth century houses on Jarvis Street, Gloucester Streets and Monteith Avenue included on the City's Heritage Register
• The building's placement on Cawthra Square with similar setback and orientation to the street as the other historic houses in the block

The substantive architectural design of the house including its Queen-Anne Revival style, spacious two-storey form, and high-quality materials and detailing which recalls the area's historic and upscale residential character of detached and semi-detached houses

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.20.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

24 MASON BOULEVARD

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 24 Mason Boulevard under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest. 

Reasons for Designation

The property at 24 Mason Boulevard is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value, and meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the categories of design/physical, historical, and contextual value.

Description

Located southwest of the intersection at Yonge Street and York Mills Road/Wilson Avenue in North York, the property at 24 Mason Boulevard, known as the Denison/Mason Farmhouse, contains a two-storey residential building organised within an L-shaped plan. As the oldest surviving structure within its immediate suburban context, the subject property represents a vestige of a former 125-acre farm lot, owned from 1823 until 1879 by members of Toronto's Denison family. Prior to the Denison ownership, the lot was part of a 210-acre parcel that the Crown patented to John Kendrick in 1805. Kendrick divided the parcel (known as Lot 9 Concession 1 West of Yonge) into east and west halves in the same year, and eventually granted the eastern portion to Richard Lippincott in 1808. Lippincott granted the land to his son-in-law, George T. Denison, in 1823.

Since 24 Mason Boulevard pre-dates all of the surrounding properties, the building's angled orientation reflects how its layout was in response to the natural topography of the Don River ravine lands and not to any formalised subdivision plan. The Denison/Mason Farmhouse and Mason Boulevard derive their names from their association with Henry Mason, a farmer who purchased the farm lot from the Denison family in 1879. With the evolution of the area from its origins as a milling and farming settlement known as York Mills, 24 Mason Boulevard (estimated date of construction between 1876-1882) remained in place as the farmlands surrounding it transitioned into suburban housing in the postwar period.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

The property at 24 Mason Boulevard has design and physical value as a representative example of a late 19th century vernacular Ontario farmhouse. It is a surviving example of a typology that defined the early development history of York Mills and for which few examples remain extant. While the structure has been altered through a series of additions and rearrangements made in the 20th century, the original section of the building remains evident in its rectangular plan, gable roof with end gables, matching chimneys, red brick cladding, and brick voussoir details.

The property at 24 Mason Boulevard has historical value for its role in communicating the story of York Mills, which began as an early 19th century milling and farming hamlet, established at the crossroads of Yonge Street and York Mills Road, in close proximity to the West Don River, to its evolution as a post-war residential commuter suburb. As one of the few known farmhouses built on a York Township farm lot that remains extant in North York, the Denison/Mason Farmhouse was subsequently absorbed into the first subdivision of land, marketed as 'Eglinton Park' in 1892. With the urbanization of York Mills in the mid-20th century and its transformation into a commuter suburb, the Denison/Mason Farmhouse was incorporated into the neighbourhood's residential development where the property's generous setback and presence stands as a reminder of the origins and evolution of the area.

24 Mason Boulevard is additionally valued for its associations with several former owners, being members of the Denison family and Henry Mason, whose occupations as farmers and use of the subject property as farmland contributes to an understanding of the property's role in the historical development of York Mills. The Denisons were a prominent Toronto family known for their connection to the "Bellevue" neighbourhood (present-day Kensington Market) and they owned the subject property for fifty-five years, from 1823 to 1879. Colonel Richard L. Denison, son of George T. Denison who inherited the land from Richard Lippincott, was known as a farmer throughout his life and had a prominent role as the treasurer in the organization known as the Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario. Furthermore, Richard Denison was a co-founder of the York Pioneer and Historical Society, the oldest historical society in Ontario. Henry Mason purchased the property from Susan Denison, wife of Richard L. Denison, in 1879. Mason sold a portion of the property to York Township in 1886 for the surveying of Mason Boulevard but continued farming the land until 1889 when he sold most of the former 125-acre lot to prospective land developers. The Denison and Mason associations help to illustrate the subject property's initial transition from farmland into subdivision, an early indication of the later widespread urbanization that would change the character of the York Mills community.

Contextually, the Denison/Mason Farmhouse is historically linked to its surroundings in the York Mills neighbourhood, where its irregular lot orientation principally responded to the topography of the Don River ravine lands. Furthermore, it is one of a few extant buildings dating from the 19th century farming and milling settlement established at the intersection of Yonge Street and York Mills Road, adjacent to the West Don River. As a 19th century farmhouse in York Mills, 24 Mason Boulevard has stood in place as the community evolved from an agricultural one to a residential commuter suburb.

Heritage Attributes

Design and Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 24 Mason Boulevard as a representative of a vernacular Ontario farmhouse typology that was constructed in the late 19th century include:

• The placement, setback, and orientation of the structure that reference its former function as a farmhouse located on a 125-acre lot
• The scale, form, and massing of the original sections of the circa 1876-1882 two-storey building on a rectangular plan
• The original gable roof, end (or side) gables, and matching chimneys
• The red brick cladding
• The existing position and proportions of all original window openings
• The flat arch, or jack arch, brick voussoir details above all original window openings

Historical and Associative Value

Attributes that contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property at 24 Mason Boulevard as yielding information that contributes to an understanding of the evolution of the York Mills community:

• The placement on a slight rise on its natural topography, long setback, and orientation of the structure on the west side of Mason Boulevard

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property at 24 Mason Boulevard as being historically linked to its surroundings:

• The placement on the west side of Mason Boulevard on a slight rise, the generous setback from the roadway, and the angled orientation of the lot, all of which reflect how the property reacts to the natural topography that is in proximity to a ravine landscape setting located to the northeast

Note that the two-storey rear wing (west elevation) that was added after the circa 1876-1882 construction of the original structure and the one-storey rear addition (west elevation) that was added in the 20th century are not identified as heritage attributes. The wraparound verandah at the east and north elevations, and the porch at the west elevation, are also not identified as heritage attributes.

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.17.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

111 BERKELEY STREET

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 111 Berkeley Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Reasons for Designation

The property at 111 Berkeley Street is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural value and meets Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the categories of design/physical, historical/ associative and contextual value.

Description

The property at 111 Berkeley Street (formerly known municipally as 111 and 113 Berkeley) is located on the east side of Berkeley Street adjacent to the Sheldon Ward House at 115 Berkeley near Richmond Street East in the King-Parliament community. The property straddles the eastern boundary of the Old Town of York, the historic St. Lawrence neighbourhood and Heritage Conservation District (HCD) to the south, the Garden District HCD to the north and Corktown to the east. Built in 1881, the Late Victorian era property contains a semi-detached house-form building representing the Bay-and-Gable type with Gothic Revival styling. A gabled, 2-storey rear wing has been over-clad with stucco. Adjoining this wing is a 1980s one-storey addition containing an enclosed rear entrance to both 111 Berkeley Street and the neighbouring property at 115 Berkeley.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

The 2.5 storey, semi-detached house-form building at 111 Berkeley Street is valued as a fine example of the Bay-and-Gable typology. The mirrored organization of the principal (west) elevations with their raised main entrances on the inner bay and single-storey gable in the outer bay are characteristic of the type. Built in 1881, the property contains well-executed defining features of Gothic Revival styling including the steeply-pitched roof gables containing attic windows and decorative wooden bargeboards, the dichromatic brickwork, and double singlet openings on the second storey on the principal (west) elevation.

The property at 111 Berkeley Street is valued for its historic association with Berkeley Street as the original eastern boundary of the ten-block Town of York established in 1793, and for its association with the history and development of the broader King-Parliament area during its Urban & Industrial Expansion (1850-1914) period of significance, as an urban townscape combining industrial, commercial and residential functions.

The property contributes to the historic character of the immediate and broader physical context of the street and the neighbourhood.

Contextually, the property at 111 Berkeley Street, along with the adjacent semi-detached house-form building at 115 Berkeley Street, is valued for its role in defining, supporting and maintaining the historical character of the King Parliament neighbourhood which contains the historic 1793 Town of York with Berkeley Street defining its eastern boundary, and reflecting the area's evolution from a 19th-century residential and institutional enclave and one of Toronto’s manufacturing centres in the first half of the 20th century, to its current status as a mixed-use community.

The property at 111 Berkeley Street is also historically, visually and physically linked to its setting in the King-Parliament community where, along with the adjacent semi-detached house-form building at 115 Berkeley Street, it stands among a significant collection of surviving mid to late-19th century residential buildings along both sides of Berkeley Street between King and Richmond, including the Charles Coxwell Small House at 300 King Street E (1845), 55-79 Berkeley (1872), 72-78 Berkeley (1883), and 106-112 Berkeley (1886), all of which are recognized on the City's Heritage Register.

Heritage Attributes

Design or Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 111 Berkeley Street as a fine example of the Bay-and-Gable typology with Gothic Revival styling:

• the 2.5-storey, rectangular form, scale and massing of the semi-detached house-form building with a raised basement on a stone foundation
• the roofline, with a steeply pitched gabled roof and two cross roof gables (one on either end of the principal west elevation)
• the asymmetrical 2-bay division of the mirrored halves with the raised main entrances on the inner bays and single-storey gables on the outer bays
• the red brick cladding with buff brick detailing on the principal (west) elevation, including the quoining, label mouldings and headers, double string courses at the top of the first and second storeys, single string course in the attic storey and the belt course above the raised basement
• the type and arrangement of the window openings on the outer bays: the flat headed openings in the three-sided projecting bay with two segmental-arched singlets at the second storey and small round-arched opening in the attic storey 
• the type and arrangement of the window openings on the inner bays: the segmental-arched doorway at the first storey surmounted by a segmental-arched, rectangular window opening

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the contextual value of the property at 111 Berkeley Street as helping to define, maintain and support the historic mid-to-late 19th century residential character of Berkeley Street between King and Richmond:

• the placement and orientation of the building on its lot on the east side of Berkeley Street and adjacent to the property at 115 Berkeley Street with similar setback from the street as the other historic houses on the block
• the Bay-and-Gable typology and materiality with the dichromatic brickwork also employed on adjacent historic house-form buildings

N.B. the rear wing at the subject property is not considered a heritage attribute

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.16.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

294 (INCLUDING STRUCTURE ADDRESS 296) 306 AND

318 LAWRENCE AVENUE EAST

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 294 (including structure address 296) 306 and 318 Lawrence Avenue East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Reasons for Designation  

The properties at 294 (including structure address 296), 306, and 318 Lawrence Avenue East are worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value, and meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation.

Description

The subject properties are located on the north side of Lawrence Avenue East, between Mildenhall Road and Bayview Avenue in the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills neighbourhood. They belong to a grouping of buildings forming the Toronto French School (TFS) campus, which also includes a Moderne style school building designed in 1969 at 101 Mildenhall Road. The buildings at 296, 306, and 318 Lawrence Avenue East were conceived as an ensemble by the architecture firm of McGiffin and Smith for Sir Clifford Sifton and two of his sons and share a common architectural style and material palette of dichromatic red-brick with manufactured stone. They are part of a collection of grand estates constructed between 1920 and 1940 that were designed in relation to the West Don River ravine landscape. The ecological and topographical features of the Don River ravine landscape form a substantial part of the subject property, stretching across its entire northern portion with the West Don River and forming its northern boundary.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

Constructed in 1923 as the Sifton Estate, the buildings at 296, 306, and 318 Lawrence Avenue East have design value as representative examples of the country estate typology constructed near Bayview Avenue in North York in the early 20th century. These estates featured architect-designed buildings in Period Revival styles that responded to their natural topography through their placement of structures, outbuildings, forecourts, rear terraces, and lawns. Designed by the architectural firm McGiffin and Smith, the three buildings comprising the former Sifton Estate share a generous setback and incorporate elements of Period Revival styles - principally Tudor and Queen Anne Revival. Later additions to the buildings have maintained a sensitivity to the adjacent West Don River ravine that was first established by the original scheme for the estate.

The buildings are also a rare example of the use of fire rated materials in residential construction. This is evident in the proprietary concrete block foundations, load bearing masonry walls, and the metal pan and concrete floor slabs and stairs found in each of the original estate houses.

The properties display a high degree of artistic merit as a unified composition of buildings carefully placed within a curated landscape. The site plan transitions between a more formal park-like setting at the front of the property to the natural landforms and vegetation of the ravine nearing the river, recalling elements of the picturesque. All three buildings incorporate elements of Period Revival styles but feature unique interpretations of their architectural details that distinguish each building from the others and create a hierarchy between them. Although some of the original design elements and landscaping have been lost through later modifications to the site, the relationship of the buildings to each other is maintained through a shared material palette and architectural language.

The properties are valued for their direct association to the Toronto French School, which was founded in 1962 by Anna Por and Harry Giles. The TFS was the first non-denominational bilingual school in Toronto, and among the earliest examples of French immersion education in Canada. The establishment of a secular bilingual curriculum by TFS in the early 1960s is connected to a broader theme related to Canada's development of official policies on bilingualism and multiculturalism, solidified through the adoption of the first federal Official Languages Act in 1969.

The properties yield information that contributes to an understanding of the evolution of the West Don River watershed. They have the potential to contribute to the understanding of pre-colonial Indigenous culture due to their location adjacent to the Don River system, which is known to have served a variety of important functions for Indigenous communities. The placement of the buildings within the larger site, including their deep setback from the street and relationship to the West Don River ravine landscape, is characteristic of this collection of grand estate houses that represent a particular development in the newly incorporated Township of North York as it was undergoing transformation from its 19th century origins as vast tracts of farmland. Furthermore, the subject properties contribute to an understanding of the evolution of this area through their adaptive re-use by large institutions, which have taken stewardship of several of the former estates in proximity to the West Don River near Bayview and Lawrence avenues.

Located on the north side of Lawrence Avenue East adjacent to Bayview Avenue, the property has contextual value as it defines, maintains and supports the landscaped and woodland ravine setting of the west branch of the Don River. It contains the former Sifton Estate, one of the original country estates that are characteristic of this part of North York since its incorporation. The original three estate houses and several later additions to them were carefully designed to consider the topography of the site, integrating them within the landscape. As with many of the surrounding former private estates, the former Sifton Estate has been adaptively re-used for institutional purposes, which is also typical of the area.

The properties at 294-318 (including structure address at 296) Lawrence Avenue East are physically, functionally, visually, and historically linked to each other and their surroundings as a single residential estate that was subdivided, held under separate ownership that coincided with a transition from residential to institutional use, and later re-consolidated into a single educational campus. The original three estate houses were designed as a unified composition, which is visually evident in their shared architectural language, material palette, and placement on the site within the flat lands adjacent to Lawrence Avenue East. Both the original design of the buildings and the later additions related to the institutional uses of the properties respond to the topography of the site, further linking them to their surroundings. As a former estate located along the West Don River watershed, the properties are also historically linked to other grand estates in the area by an interconnected horse-riding trail known as the bridle path. The ensemble, including the built forms and ecological features, constitutes a cultural heritage landscape united through the properties' use for recreation and retreat since its development in 1923.

Heritage Attributes

Design or Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the properties at 294-318 (including structure address at 296) Lawrence Avenue East as representative examples of an early 20th-century country estate type typical of the Bayview Avenue Estates; rare examples of the use of fire rated materials in residential construction; and as a unified composition displaying a high degree of artistic merit include:

• The setback, placement and orientation of the three houses (at 296, 306, and 318 Lawrence Avenue East) on the north side of Lawrence Avenue East within the flat lands along the edge of the sloping table land of the ravine
• The buildings' two-and-a-half-storey scale, form, and asymmetrical massing, each featuring:
• a prominent main volume with a steeply pitched roof and high parapeted gable ends
• high brick chimneys, some of which have brick and manufactured stone detailing
• dormer windows with hipped roofs
• one- and two-storey wings with flat roofs
• a uniquely-designed porte-cochère on the south elevation sheltering the main entrance of the house comprising a wood door flanked by glazed sidelights

The materials, including:

• load-bearing red brick masonry walls
• manufactured stone decorative elements including but not limited to the door and quoined window surrounds, lintels and sills, horizontal banding, chimney caps, and coping
• copper roof flashings, gutters, decorative leader heads and downspouts/ rainwater leaders
•  proprietary concrete block foundations
• metal pan and concrete floor slabs and stairs
• The fenestration of each estate house, comprising a mixture of window types, groupings, and sizes, including:
• extant wood windows
• leaded glass windows of various types
• The interior finishes and fitments of the principal rooms on the main floor including, but not limited to:
• fireplaces
• decorative plasterwork including stone rendered walls and decorative moldings
• black and white marble floor tiles at entrances and wood flooring throughout
• extant original windows complete with hardware
• high baseboards and substantive door and window trim in wood (both painted and unpainted)
• extant wood doors
• decorative cast iron radiators
• period wall sconces and original light fixtures

The physical features unique to the building at 296 Lawrence Avenue East, including:

• The decorative exposed rafter ends of the roofs with wood crown molding beneath
• The tongue and groove wood ceiling of the porte-cochère and period iron wall sconces
• The original single-panel, solid mahogany door that matches 306 Lawrence Avenue East

The physical features unique to the building at 306 Lawrence Avenue East, including:

• The shingled gable end with flared skirt above eaves
• The decorative coping stone at top of front gable end
• The wood windows and door of the solarium, including the stone surrounds on the exterior and the wood trim on the interior
• The decorative metal porte-cochère with beamed tongue and groove ceiling and hanging light fixture
• The single panel mahogany door with door knocker and letter slot that matches 296 Lawrence Avenue East
• The cold storage door and manufactured stone surround
• The interior features, including:
• the bowed wooden staircase extending from basement to second floor
• the fireproof vault door in the basement
• the original rear wall of the building, which has been partially enclosed by a later addition

The physical features unique to the building at 318 Lawrence Avenue East, including:

• Decorative stone spandrel panels used as parapets on the front elevation and above the second storey of the wings
• The stone bay window above the porte-cochère
• The stone facing around the solarium windows
• The stone quoining on the porte-cochère and two-storey bay of the gable end
• The raised, double-door principal entrance (doors are not original)
• The original rear wall of the building, which has been enclosed by a later addition
• The interior features of the vestibule and entrance hall, including:
  • the wood paneling of the wall and ceilings in the vestibule
  • the principal curving staircase in its entirety leading from basement to the second floor, including the plaster niche within the wall between the first and second levels
  • the small, paneled door with a curved header beneath the staircase
  • the four large double wooden doors decorative surrounds leading off the entrance hall
• The interior features of the library, including:
  • beamed ceiling
  • wood wall paneling
  • door openings, wood moldings and transoms
  • double wood doors to entrance hall
  • wood book shelving
  • fireplace complete with all woodwork
  • wood atlas stand
  • wall sconces

Historical or Associative Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the properties at 294-318 (including structure address at 296) Lawrence Avenue East for their potential to yield information that contributes to an understanding of the evolution of the West Don River watershed include:

• The natural state of the ravine lands, which extend across the entire north of the property
• The setback, placement and orientation of the three houses on the north side of Lawrence Avenue East within the flat lands along the edge of the sloping table land of the ravine

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the contextual value of the properties at 294-318 (including structure address at 296) Lawrence Avenue East as defining, supporting and maintaining the historic character of the area and being historically, visually, functionally and physically linked to their setting include:

• The natural state of the ravine lands, part of the West Don River watershed, which extend across the entire northern portion of the properties
• The open space behind the buildings that affords views directly into the ravine
• The views of the ravine between the estate houses and the uninterrupted view of the three estate houses from the edge of the properties along Lawrence Avenue East
• The remaining soft landscaping within the setback of the buildings from Lawrence Avenue East and between the three estate homes
• The setback, placement and orientation of the three houses on the north side of Lawrence Avenue East within the flat lands along the edge of the sloping table land of the ravine
• The shared material palette and architectural language of the three estate houses
• Elements that are linked to the buildings' conversion to institutional use, including:
  • The one-storey Ursuline Chapel addition to the west wing of 318 Lawrence Avenue East which mimics the red-brick, manufactured stone, and copper detailing of the estate house
  • The doors to the former Ursuline School Chapel on the second floor of 306 Lawrence Avenue East

Note: The bungalow (c.1959) at 294 Lawrence Avenue East that currently serves as a daycare is not considered a heritage attribute

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.18

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

36 AND 42 MAITLAND STREET

NOTICE OF DECISION

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on April 17 and 18, 2024, has considered an application under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to alter a building and/or structure on a Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 36 and 42 Maitland Street.

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on April 17 and 18, 2024, has considered an application under Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act to demolish or remove or permit the demolition or removal of a heritage attribute of the Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 36 and 42 Maitland Street.  

The decision of City Council, among other matters, regarding the application under the Ontario Heritage Act is as follows:

1.City Council approve:

a. The alterations to the heritage properties at 36 and 42 Maitland Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 56 -storey tower with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated February 2, 2024, prepared by Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 20, 2023, prepared by LHC Heritage Planning & Archaeology Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

b. the demolition of the heritage attributes of the existing buildings on the designated heritage properties at 36 and 42 Maitland Street, in accordance with Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the approval of a 56-storey tower on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated February 2, 2024, prepared by Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 20, 2023, prepared by LHC Heritage Planning & Archaeology Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

2. City Council direct that it consents to the application to alter the designated properties at 36 and 42 Maitland Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and to the demolition of attributes on the designated heritage properties at 36 and 42 Maitland Street, under Part IV, Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act subject to the following conditions:

a. That the related Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall:

1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 36 and 42 Maitland Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated February 2, 2024, prepared by Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 20, 2023, prepared by LHC Heritage Planning & Archaeology Inc. subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 20, 2023, prepared by LHC Heritage Planning & Archaeology Inc, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the property at 36-42 Maitland Street, the owner shall:

1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the properties located at 36 and 42 Maitland Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance the heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the properties located at 36 and 42 Maitland Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 36-42 Maitland Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner of the subject property shall:

1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.b.1 for the property at 36 and 42 Maitland Street including registration on title of such agreement, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

2. Have provided a detailed Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2.

3. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

4. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan.

e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 2.d.4 above, the owner shall:

1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND TRIBUNAL:

Notice of an appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property or the application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) on the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)           set out the reasons for the objection to the decision; and

(2)           set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) on the Property under section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)           set out the reasons for the objection to the decision;

(2)           set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision; and

(3)           be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, in the amount of $1,100 for each appeal payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.

If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/forms.

Who Can File An Appeal:

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to alter a property with certain terms or conditions or refuses the application to alter a property.

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 34.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) with certain terms or conditions or refuses the application to demolish or remove the heritage attribute(s) of a property.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Decision of Council of the City of Toronto on the matter is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.TE12.24.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

650 (650A AND 652) AND 664 YONGE STREET

NOTICE OF DECISION

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on April 17 and 18, 2024, has considered an application under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to alter a building and/or structure on a Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street.

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on April 17 and 18, 2024, has considered an application under Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act to demolish or remove or permit the demolition or removal of a heritage attribute of the Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 650 (650A and 652) Yonge Street.  .

The decision of City Council, among other matters, regarding the application under the Ontario Heritage Act is as follows:

1. City Council approve:

a. The alterations to the heritage properties at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 75-storey mixed-use tower with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 10, 2023, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

b. the demolition of the heritage attributes of the existing building on the designated heritage properties at 650 (650A and 652) Yonge Street , in accordance with Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the approval of a 75-storey mixed-use tower on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 10, 2023, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

2. City Council direct that it consents to the application to alter the designated properties at 650 (650A & 652) and 664 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and to the demolition of attributes on the designated heritage property at 650 (650A and 652) Yonge Street, under Part IV, Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to conditions as set out below:

a. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall:

1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 10, 2023, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated December 16, 2022, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. Provide a Reconstruction Plan for the properties at 646, 648, 654, 656 and 658 Yonge Street that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated December 16, 2022, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, with such Plan being satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

4. Withdraw their appeal(s) of the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, or advise the City Solicitor, in writing, that they shall not object to the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan and only maintain a monitoring brief of the hearing on the merits.

b. That prior to Site Plan approval for the property 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street, the owner shall:

1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the properties located at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the properties located at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner of the subject property shall:

1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.a.1 for the properties at 650 (650A and 652) and 664 Yonge Street including registration on title of such agreement, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment, and such Amendments to have come into full force and effect.

3. Provide a Reconstruction Plan for the properties at 646, 648, 654, 656 and 658 Yonge Street that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated December 16, 2022, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, with such Plan being satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

4. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

5. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan.

d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 2.c.5 above, the owner shall:

1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND TRIBUNAL:

Notice of an appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property or the application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) on the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)           set out the reasons for the objection to the decision; and

(2)           set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) on the Property under section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)           set out the reasons for the objection to the decision;

(2)           set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision; and

(3)           be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, in the amount of $1,100 for each appeal payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.

If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/forms.

Who Can File An Appeal:

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to alter a property with certain terms or conditions or refuses the application to alter a property.

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 34.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) with certain terms or conditions or refuses the application to demolish or remove the heritage attribute(s) of a property.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Decision of Council of the City of Toronto on the matter is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.TE12.25.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND

CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

1 HERITAGE PLACE

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 1 Heritage Place under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Reasons for Designation

The property at 1 Heritage Place is located one block west of Scarlett Road north of Eglinton Avenue West in the Humber Heights-Westmount neighbourhood in Etobicoke.

Constructed between 1851 and 1857 for prominent merchant and landowner Edward Scarlett, the property features a vernacular style villa incorporating late Georgian and Italianate elements, reflecting the astylistic simplicity that was popular in the mid-19th century. Located on a rise of land adjacent to the Humber Creek and framed by generous landscaping, the property is situated within a picturesque landscape that retains a sense of rural seclusion.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

Design and Physical Value

The property is a representative example of a mid-19th century vernacular-style villa situated in a picturesque landscape. The combination of Late-Georgian elements including symmetrical layout, contrasting brick work and stone lintels with wide Italianate eaves and brackets create an astylistic simplicity that is typical of grand mid-19th century vernacular structures.

Originally situated within a larger landscape with views toward the Humber River to the east, the property continues to maintain its picturesque setting atop a rise of land with deep set back from Heritage Place on the edge of the heavily wooded Humber Creek to the southwest. Framed by generous landscaping, including a variety of trees, the property is sheltered from the surrounding residential development, retaining a sense of rural seclusion.

Historical or Associative Value

The property at 1 Heritage Place is valued for its association with the Scarlett family who, as a merchant millers, businessmen, and landowners, contributed to the early industrial development of Etobicoke and York Townships. Originally purchased by wealthy merchant and landowner John Scarlett in 1829, the property was part of a larger parcel of land adjacent to John Scarlett's toll road (Scarlett Road) and nearby mill on the Humber River. Between 1851 and 1857, his son Edward C. constructed a residence on the property which he purchased in 1854, residing there between 1851-1858 and 1866-1871.

The property at 1 Heritage Place is also valued for its association with Thomas Fisher (1792-1874) who resided at the property between 1858 and 1866 with his daughter and son-in-law. A prominent merchant miller and public figure, Thomas Fisher was inducted into the Etobicoke Hall of Fame in 1974 for his significant contributions to Etobicoke. Following the demolition of his earlier residence, Millwood House, in 1963, Thomas Fisher's great grandson, Sidney Thompson Fisher, donated funds for the establishment of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto in his memory.

Contextual Value

Situated on a rise of land at the edge of the Humber Creek ravine set back from the street on a heavily treed lot, the property is physically, visually and historically linked to its surroundings, maintaining the ideals of Picturesque Movement which sought the integration of architecture with a romanticized version of the natural landscape.

The surrounding residential subdivision from the 1950s along La Rush Drive, and 1980s off Heritage Place, were developed around the property, allowing it to retain both its connection to the Humber Creek and picturesque setting.

Heritage Attributes

Design or Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 1 Heritage Place being a representative example of a mid-19th century vernacular-style villa situated in a picturesque landscape:

Main Structure

• the two-storey scale with rectangular form and massing on rubble stone foundation
• the hipped roof with wide eaves supported by paired lambs-tongue brackets and integrated pediment centred on the principal facade
• the red brick masonry with buff-brick quoining, cornice, and plinth
• the chimneys with polychrome brickwork
• the symmetrical fenestration pattern with stone sills, pedimented stone lintels on the principal (east) elevation, and square lintels on the north, south and west elevations
• the central front entrance on the principal (east) elevation with paneled door, sidelights, transom, and millwork
• the double-hung six-over-six windows and 12-paned storm windows

Interior

• the interior plan of the first floor symmetrically organized around a central hallway with staircase flanked on either side by a large room at the front followed by a smaller room to the rear.
• the high quality historic interior features of the first floor including central staircase with heavy turned newel post, front room marble fireplaces, plaster mouldings, and millwork

Rear Wing

• the two-storey scale with rectangular form and massing on rubble stone foundation
• the red brick masonry
• the gable ended roof with brick parapet and chimney at the rear (west) elevation
• the symmetrical fenestration pattern with stone sills and buff-brick voussoirs on the north and south elevations
• the double-hung six-over-six windows and two-paned storm windows

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 1 Heritage Place being physically, visually and historically linked to its surroundings, maintaining the ideals of Picturesque Movement:

• the placement, deep setback, and orientation of the property on a rise adjacent to the Humber Creek ravine
• the setting of the property with the expansive front (east) lawn and mature landscaping including dense tress along the side and rear property lines

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2024, which is May 23, 2024. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.15.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION(S)
(Under the Planning Act)

The City has received the following application(s) under the Planning Act:

NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA:

Application Number: 24 118280 NNY 08 OZ
Application to Amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a nine-storey residential building.
12 - 20 Bentworth Avenue
Ward 8 – Eglinton-Lawrence
Senior Planner, Valeria Maurizio at 416-395-7052 or Valeria.Maurizio@toronto.ca

CONTACT INFORMATION

City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2,
Tel: 416-394-8101, Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Background information and materials regarding the above-listed proposals are available at www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/application-information-centre/.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to receive notice regarding the progression of any of the proposed applications above, which include Official Plan amendment, proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision, Draft Plan of Common Elements Condominium, Vacant Land Condominium Application and/or proposed Zoning By-law amendment, you may make a request to the City Clerk, to the attention of the Registrar Secretariat, at the address or email noted above.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION(S)
(Under the Planning Act)

The City has received the following application(s) under the Planning Act:

SCARBOROUGH COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA:

Application Number: 23 233851 ESC 20 OZ
Application to Amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a nine-storey, 8,429.4 square metre, mixed use building with 218.9 square metres of ground floor commercial space
565 Kennedy Road
Ward 20 – Scarborough Southwest
Planner, Tommy Karapalevski at 416-392-4336 or Tommy.Karapalevski@toronto.ca

CONTACT INFORMATION

City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2,
Tel: 416-394-8101, Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Background information and materials regarding the above-listed proposals are available at www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/application-information-centre/.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to receive notice regarding the progression of any of the proposed applications above, which include Official Plan amendment, proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision, Draft Plan of Common Elements Condominium, Vacant Land Condominium Application and/or proposed Zoning By-law amendment, you may make a request to the City Clerk, to the attention of the Registrar Secretariat, at the address or email noted above.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the North York Community Council

(Under the Planning Act)

Request to Amend the Zoning By-law Application Number: 19 238309 NNY 18 OZ

Location of Application: 298 Newton Drive
Applicant: Goldberg Group
 
Date: May 8, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge Street, North York Civic Centre and by video conference

PROPOSAL

The applications to amend the Zoning By-law proposes to amend the Zoning By-laws to permit the redevelopment of the subject land for six, 3-storey townhouses with an average building height of 11.23 metres.  Each unit will have a single car integral garage at the rear of the townhouses accessed by the shared driveway from Newton Drive. The total gross floor area of the proposed development is 1035.0 square metres resulting in an overall Floor Space Index (FSI) of 1.29 times the lot area. for the property at 298 Newton Drive

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Kelly Snow, Planner, Community Planning at 416-395-7124, or by e-mail at Kelly.Snow@toronto.ca.

Further information can be found at http://www.toronto.ca/298NewtonDr.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

 will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application.  These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.

You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN

You may send written comments by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.

You are also invited to address, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the North York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-4666, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 7, 2024. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The North York Community Council may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: Matthew Green, Administrator, North York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-4666, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: nycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-4666, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail nycc@toronto.ca.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the passing or refusal of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk Attention: [Clerk Name and Title] at the address, fax number or e-mail set out above.

Zoning By-law Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

People writing or making presentations at the public meeting:  The City of Toronto Act, 2006, the Planning Act, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s).  If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website.  The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view.  If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.  Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the Etobicoke York Community Council

(Under the Planning Act)

Request to Amend the Zoning By-law Application Number 23 203652 WET 07 OZ

Location of Application: 135 Plunkett Road
Applicant: Sajecki Planning Inc. 
 
Date: May 13, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Council Chamber, Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall, and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The application to amend the Zoning By-law 569-2013 would permit a residential development comprising of six blocks of stacked, back-to-back townhouses, approximately 14.5 metres in height with a residential gross floor area of 12,847 square metres and a floor space index (FSI) of 1.72 times the area of the lot for the property at 135 Plunkett Road. The development would contain a total of 151 dwelling units and provide 164 vehicular parking spaces in an underground parking garage. The site is presently zoned to permit detached dwellings, community centres, parks, schools, and places of worship.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Loralea Tulloch, Senior Planner, at 416-338-2040, or by email at Loralea.Tulloch@toronto.ca. 

Further information can be found at www.toronto.ca/135PlunkettRd. 

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Etobicoke York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application.  These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.

You can follow the meeting online at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive. 

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN

You may send written comments by e-mail to etcc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.

You are also invited to address Etobicoke York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the Etobicoke York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to etcc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579 no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 10, 2024. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Etobicoke York Community Council may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

For more information about matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Etobicoke York Community Council, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: etcc@toronto.ca. 

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-397-4579, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail etcc@toronto.ca.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Etobicoke York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out above.

Zoning By-law Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment is passed or refused the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

People writing or making presentations at the public meeting:  The City of Toronto Act, 2006, the Planning Act, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s).  If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website.  The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view.  If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.  Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws 

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the North York Community Council

(Municipal Code Ch. 667 under City of Toronto Act, 2006)

Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Application

Application Number: 20 205924 NNY 06 RH

Location of Application: 824 Sheppard Avenue West and 177, 179 and 181 Cocksfield Avenue
Applicant: Bousfields Inc. 
 
DATE: May 8, 2024
TIME: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
PLACE: Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge Street, North York Civic Centre and by video conference
 

PROPOSAL

This application for a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion permit proposing the demolition of 15 existing rental dwelling units at 824 Sheppard Avenue West and 177, 179 and 181 Cocksfield Avenue was approved by City Council on April 6, 2022.  The application is proposing a change in the replacement rental unit mix from 15 two-bedroom replacement units to 9 two-bedroom units and 6 three-bedroom replacement units. No further changes are proposed.

Detailed information regarding the Rental Housing Demolition Application may be obtained by contacting Cate Flanagan, Planner, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis at 416-392-4529, or by e‑mail at Cate.Flanagan@toronto.ca. Information on the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application may be obtained by contacting Kelly Snow, Planner at 416-395-7124, or by email at Kelly.Snow@toronto.ca. 

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

North York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application.  These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.

You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive. 

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN

You may send written comments by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.

You are also invited to address the North York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the North York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-4666, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 7, 2024. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The North York Community Council may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

For more information about the matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: Matthew Green, Administrator, North York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-4666, Fax: 416-392-2980, email: nycc@toronto.ca. 

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need

special assistance, please call 416-392-4666, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail nycc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the proposed demolition, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention:  Matthew Green, Administrator, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s).  If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website.  The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view.  If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.  Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.