The city put up a blog last week that will let us keep track of how its so-called Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs) are coming along.
Maintained by the city’s Heritage Preservation Services (HPS), part of the Planning Division,
the blog provides background information as well as updates on the five parts of the city currently under consideration for the designation, covering about 2,000 properties.
The districts are
King and Spadina,
“historic” Yonge Street, the
Garden District (a fancy, newfangled name for the area between Allen Gardens and Moss Park),
St. Lawrence and
Queen Street East.
"The purpose of the HCD study is to determine if the area warrants designation as a HCD and to develop a full understanding of what makes it significant and a valued part of the city," says Scott Barrett, senior co-ordinator with the HPS, in the blog’s welcome post.
"The plan phase develops and implements policies and guidelines for conserving the valued character and sense of place that exists within the district, and to welcome the type of new development that fits in and benefits a HCD. A plan is adopted by bylaw when a district is designated."
The blog will also function as a public feedback tool.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Scott Barrett