Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2014 The Petrie Building in Guelph, ON, previously at risk of demolition by neglect, was…
2014
Grand Trunk Railways Locomotive Repair Shops
RAILWAY LEGACY OR LOOMING LANDFILL? This massive industrial structure may be sent to landfill despite creative suggestions for adaptive use….
Federally-owned Lighthouses
Federally-owned lighthouses deteriorate despite heritage legislation: Sambro Island, NS; Terence Bay, NS; Gannet Rock, NB; Nottawasaga Island, ON; Main Duck Island, ON; and…
Estate of the Pères de Sainte-Croix
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ON TENTERHOOKS Property owner circumvents heritage bylaw by making sale of lots contingent upon land severance. Why it…
Nor’Wester Mountain Range and Loch Lomond Watershed Reserve
WIND TURBINES TRUMP CULTURE AND NATURE This pristine cultural and natural landscape is the site of a proposed industrial wind…
Vancouver West Side Character Homes and Gardens
DEMOLITION OF ORGINAL HOUSING STOCK IN FAVOUR OF “MONSTER” HOUSES DECIMATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CHARACTER OF VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS Unfavourable zoning,…
Robertson Headframe
TOWERING SYMBOL OF GOLD MINING HERITAGE THREATENED The City of Yellowknife is balking at the cost of assuming maintenance of…
Paramount Theatre
CURTAINS CLOSING ON DOWNTOWN EDMONTON’S LAST HISTORIC CINEMA Development Pressures: Mid-Century Modern gem in the way of yet another tower…
Gander International Airport Departures Lounge
MID-CENTURY GEM SCHEDULED TO DEPART DUE TO DOWNSIZING The most important modernist room in Canada faces imminent destruction due to…
St. Alphonsus Church
COMMUNITY STAVES OFF CHURCH DEMOLITION BY DIOCESE The survival of St. Alphonsus Church depends on the community’s fundraising abilities and…