Forum: Urban Design - Kingston

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Growing Neighbourhoods How community gardening can strengthen the place you live More and more people are choosing to grow their own food with others by creating a local community garden. It’s a way for them to meet their neighbours, have fun and do something good for the planet. At this free workshop, three speakers will outline the...

Who Did What When? Researching Our Architectural Past All are welcome to an illustrated talk on TUESDAY, APRIL 8 at 7:30PM in KINGSTON CITY HALL by architectural historian JENNIFER McKENDRY who will use selected historic properties as examples of how to research dates, trace owners and identify architects in the city and county. She will...

Ontario Heritage Tool Kit Reprinted Bert Duclos Built Heritage News - Issue No. 112 - February 18, 2008 Due to popular demand, the Ontario Heritage Tool Kit has been re-printed! The Ontario Heritage tool Kit is a series of five guides that explain different aspects of the Ontario Heritage Act, the Planning Act, the Historic Places Initiative...

30th Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Place: Montreal Date: May 28-31, 2008. Info: http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/isarticle.asp?id=79891&issue=02102008&PC=CA&story_id=&link_targ=DailyNews&link_source=aypr_CA The Alliance's 30th annual meeting will take place in the exciting metropolitan...

Ontario Heritage Conference "Landmarks not Landfill: Heritage Preservation and Environmental Sustainability" Place: Collingwood Ontario Date: May 30th to June 1, 2008 Info: http://www.heritageconference.ca The 2008 Heritage Conservation Conference title has been announced. It is co-hosted by the ACO, Community Heritage Ontario,...

http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1637 Info on the Lecture: Meeting of the Minds Conference: The Innovations We Need for More Sustainable Cities Better Design and Smarter Transport Systems for Cities Ready to Change with speaker Elizabeth Macdonald, Assistant Professor in Urban Design, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of...

City of Toronto Design Review Panel Pilot Project See the following link for more information and video coverage: http://www.toronto.ca/planning/designsymposium.htm As a City we must learn to despise mediocrity. We can't accept what we've accepted in the past. 'Good enough' is no longer good enough." Mayor David Miller...