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Newsletter 35 | May 14, 2013 Questions or comments? e-mail us at [email protected] Church Street, Suite 407 | Toronto | Ontario | M5E 1M2 Tel: 416-231-4181 | Fax: 416-231-2679 | e-mail: [email protected] | www.oala.ca A component of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects If you're having trouble viewing this newsletter, you may see it online. Brick Works events May 14: Industrial Spaces to Public Parks Presented in partnership with ReNew Canada Toronto has a vast network of infrastructure corridors—some in use, some abandoned—with the potential for reuse. Unused rail corridors like New York’s High Line are commonly repurposed as public spaces and Toronto has had similar success with its Rail Path, a favourite route of cyclists and joggers. Beltline and linear parks could turn old rights-of-way into multi-use public spaces, creating new parks for city dwellers, taking the pressure off busy roads by providing a separate route for cyclists, and even incorporating agricultural uses. Moderator: Mira Shenker, Panellists Christopher Hume, architecture critic, Toronto Star Joe Lobko, DTAH Architects, Green Line competition juror Dave Harvey, Toronto Park People Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner, City of Toronto Netami Stewart, landscape architect, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, City of Toronto, Green Line competition juror Ed Keenan, senior editor, The Grid Location: Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto Click here for more details! The future of the CNE... Grow Op: GROUND Prize... May 23rd: Charles Birnbaum lecture… May 24rd: A Cultural Landscape Evening… Grey To Green… Save the date! - Blue Jays Game... Other News U of G: Seeing Student Designs Come to Life... RBC Emerging Designer Competition… City of Ottawa Urban Design Awards... Heritage Toronto - Call for Awards Nominations… James Urban’s book available… Green Line Ideas Competition... Coming Events Brick Works events... Janes Walk - May 25, 26... It's spring! Native plants for backyards… Newsletter Spotlight The future of the CNE The OALA has a member representative on the Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA). Information on the CNE site’s future has been requested for distribution to membership. Council discussed this information at their May 13, 2013 Council meeting. The OALA Council takes no formal position on the issue, but agreed to share this information to all OALA members. Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) is looking for a casino site in the greater Toronto Area. Two (2) specific locations are being considered: Waterfront (CNE) and Woodbine Race Track; OLG is looking to the City of Toronto, to vote yes or no, for a casino in Toronto; One proponent (MGM) is looking to established a 3 million square foot casino on the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) grounds; CNE Board has met with MGM and reviewed their proposal. The CNE Board does not support a casino at the CNE, as it will require lands that would see significant change to the current CNE grounds. A casino would also impact other events that annually take place at Exhibition Place (Winter Fair, Royal and Sportsmen shows). CNE Board believes that there are better community redevelopment opportunities at Exhibition Place. CNE Board is seeking support from their members, that Exhibition Place not be the location for the proposed casino. Toronto City Council will be debating the issue on May 21, 2013. The CNE Board is asking member organizations to support their decision, that the casino not be located at Exhibition Place. Member organizations can advise the city directly or through councilors in a formal position. Events, seminars and lectures included in this newsletter are getting a great response. This e-blast is available to all members so tell us what topics and events interest you and we will forward the information... Click here to contact the OALA! OTHER NEWS COMING EVENTS Janes Walk - May 25, 26 May 23rd: Charles Birnbaum lecture Charles Birnbaum, Founder and President of The Cultural Landscape Foundation FREE Public Lecture Thursday May 23rd, 6:30 to 8pm U of T, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design 230 College Street, Room 103, Toronto This event is free and open to all. First come, first served for seat availability. May 25th: 10:00am Harbord Village West (Reprise Walk for Doors Open) Explore Harbord Village West in this two- part series on Jane's Walk and Doors Open! Historical Walking Tour of Yorkville (Part 2): The Parks of Yorkville Guided by: Charles A. Birnbaum & Michael McClelland City of Ottawa Urban Design Awards The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce the 2013 Ottawa Urban Design Awards competition. The awards will be presented in five categories: Urban Infill, Public Places and Civic Spaces, Urban Elements, Visions & Master Plans and Student Projects. Projects built between September 1, 2011 and September 1, 2013 will be eligible. Submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on August 15, 2013. Program guidelines and submission entry forms are available on the City’s website at: www.ottawa.ca/ urbandesignawards Awards will be presented on the evening of October 16, 2013. For further information, contact Amy Falkner at 613-580- 2424, x 27913 ([email protected]). Heritage Toronto - Call for Awards Nominations The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions in the promotion and conservation of Toronto’s history and heritage landmarks by professionals and volunteers. Click here for more details. James Urban’s book (Up By Roots: Healthy Trees in the Built Environment) still available Click here to buy it online. Save the date! - Blue Jays Game As the summer is approaching, the days are getting longer and the weather is getting warmer. It’s time to break out the flip flops and dust off the sun hat; it’s BASEBALL SEASON! The OALA Social Committee will be hosting a “Night at the Ball Park” this June 19, 2013 at the Rogers Centre, as the Blue Jays battle the Colorado Rockies. Grey To Green - A Conference On The Economics Of Green Infrastructure Earn continuing education credits for GBCI, AIA CES, LA CES, APLD, BOMI, CNLA, GRP, and RCI. Grey to Green is one week away! Register now and learn how American leaders are investing billions of dollars in green infrastructure. Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity! Don't miss expert presentations from: Karen Kubick, P.E. BSME, Director, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Grey. Green. Clean. Preparing San Francisco's Sewer System for a Green Tomorrow. Aaron Koch, Deputy Commissioner for Sustinability, City of Chicago Sunk Costs: The Economics of Green and Grey Stormwater Infrastructure Dr. Hamid Karimi, Deputy Director for Natural Resources Administration, Government of the District of Columbia The Public Case for Investing in Green Infrastructure in Washington D.C. Kevin O'Hara, Manager of Government Affairs, American Society of Landscape Architects Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-Wide ...and many more! Grey to Green will feature tours of Toronto's most innovative green infrastructure projects, such as Sugar Beach, Sherbourne Common, George Brown College, Evergreen Brick Works, Corus Quay, and more. Grey to Green will also feature professional training courses : - Introduction to Rooftop Urban Agriculture - Integrated Water Management for Buildings & Sites - Green Infrastructure: Policies, Performance, & Projects Register now and be part of the solution! Contact [email protected] if you have any questions about registration. May 24th: A Cultural Landscape Evening RSVP by May 17th Click here for more details. U of G: Seeing Student Designs Come to Life In 2015, the Town of Penetanguishene’s will celebrate the historic landing of Samuel de Champlain on their community’s shores 400 years ago on August 1, 1615. To commemorate this, and the fact that the town is one of the oldest in Canada west of Quebec City, the town formed a Champlain Penetanguishene committee which will oversee the celebrations. For inspiration, the committee invited the class of BLA students to re-imagine the town’s waterfront and downtown space as a class project. Throughout the Winter 2013 semester, students worked in groups to create master plan concepts for the revitalization of Penetanguishene's waterfront park. Under the guidance of Professor Stefan Bolliger and two other instructors, Nadia Amoroso and Shirley Hall from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) the BLA students pitched 10 proposal concepts to the community in early April. Click here for more details. RBC Emerging Designer Competition Click here for more details. 2:00pm Harbord Village East (Reprise Walk for Door's Open) Explore Harbord Village East in this two-part series on Jane's Walk and Doors Open! May 26th: 10:00am Harbord Village West (Reprise Walk for Doors Open) 2:00pm Harbord Village East (Reprise Walk for Door's Open) Click here for more details. Winners of the Green Line Ideas Competition announced The winners of the Green Line Ideas Competition were announced on Saturday, May 4 at a community event in Geary Avenue Parkette (one of 8 Green Line parks) with over 300 people in attendance. Click here for the list of winners and photos from the event. We received 77 amazing proposals for the Green Line, now we want to hear from you. Please share their thoughts on the future of the Green Line through an online survey. Pass on the details to everyone you know. Link to it from the Green Line homepage: www.greenlinetoronto.ca It's spring! Native plants for backyards It’s spring! Consider planting native trees around your home through LEAF’s subsidized Backyard Tree Planting Program . Native shrubs and garden kits are also available to help you build biodiversity and attract songbirds, butterflies and other pollinators to your yard. Help protect and improve the urban forest. www.yourleaf.org Become a Tree Tender! This spring course at Oak Ridges Community Centre in Richmond Hill (12895 Bayview Ave.) is designed to give you tree-related knowledge and skills. Ever wanted to learn more about trees and how to properly care for them? This course is for you! The Editorial Board of GROUND magazine has selected GeoGarden (A Subterranean Symphony in C) by Karen Abel with a soundscape by Rose Bolton as the winner of the Gladstone Grow Op 2013 OALA/Ground Prize. GeoGarden - “C” for crystal - is a landscape of geological time, a subterranean ‘secret garden’ exposed as an outcropping of relic violin cases, their interiors propagated with mineral salt crystals of the octahedral structure, a form in sacred geometry meaning ‘seed of life’. As if excavated from a primordial orchestra pit of the imagination, the rock-like forms suggest crystal geodes - time capsules unlocked to reveal pristine micro-landscapes like sheet music of millennial age. In this garden of vacant instrumentation, violin sounds seismically evoke events of a geological past through the use of fragmented musical textures and distant melodies. Visitors are invited to consider the concept of a garden within geological time; to experience the virtually imperceptible process of geode crystallization through the act of listening, where a single note might convey a thousand or ten thousand years. This $500 award recognizes a unique work that encouraged us all to celebrate and explore new dialogues about landscape, art, gardens and place making. For more information about the winners: www.karenabel.ca | www.rosebolton.com Grow Op: Exploring Landscape + Place took place at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto April 25-28, 2013. Click here for more information and to download the show catalogue. As part of the opening night on April 25th, Ground also moderated a public Round Table event, with the intention that the ideas explored would feed into our issue themed ‘Play’ (Summer 2013). Grow Op: OALA announcement of GROUND Prize Please voice your positions on this topic to Toronto's City Councillors before their debate on May 21, 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.theex.com
Transcript of The future of the CNE Newsletter Spotlight - OALA · Harbord Village West (Reprise Walk for Doors...
Newsletter 35 | May 14, 2013
Questions or comments? e-mail us at [email protected]
Church Street, Suite 407 | Toronto | Ontario | M5E 1M2 Tel: 416-231-4181 | Fax: 416-231-2679 | e-mail: [email protected] | www.oala.ca
A component of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
If you're having trouble viewing this newsletter, you may see it online.
Brick Works events
May 14: Industrial Spaces to Public Parks
Presented in partnership with ReNew Canada
Toronto has a vast network of infrastructure corridors—some in use, some abandoned—with the
potential for reuse. Unused rail corridors like New York’s High Line are commonly repurposed as
public spaces and Toronto has had similar success with its Rail Path, a favourite route of cyclists
and joggers. Beltline and linear parks could turn old rights-of-way into multi-use public spaces,
creating new parks for city dwellers, taking the pressure off busy roads by providing a separate
route for cyclists, and even incorporating agricultural uses.
Moderator: Mira Shenker,
Panellists
Christopher Hume, architecture critic, Toronto Star
Joe Lobko, DTAH Architects, Green Line competition juror
Dave Harvey, Toronto Park People
Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner, City of Toronto
Netami Stewart, landscape architect, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, City of Toronto, Green
Line competition juror
Ed Keenan, senior editor, The Grid
Location: Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto
Click here for more details!
The future of the CNE...
Grow Op: GROUND Prize...
May 23rd: Charles Birnbaum lecture…
May 24rd: A Cultural Landscape
Evening…
Grey To Green…
Save the date! - Blue Jays Game...
Other News
U of G: Seeing Student Designs
Come to Life...
RBC Emerging Designer
Competition…
City of Ottawa Urban Design
Awards...
Heritage Toronto - Call for Awards
Nominations…
James Urban’s book available…
Green Line Ideas Competition...
Coming Events
Brick Works events...
Janes Walk - May 25, 26...
It's spring! Native plants for
backyards…
Newsletter Spotlight The future of the CNE
The OALA has a member representative on the Canadian
National Exhibition Association (CNEA). Information on the CNE
site’s future has been requested for distribution to membership.
Council discussed this information at their May 13, 2013 Council
meeting. The OALA Council takes no formal position on the
issue, but agreed to share this information to all OALA members.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) is looking for a casino
site in the greater Toronto Area. Two (2) specific locations
are being considered: Waterfront (CNE) and Woodbine Race
Track;
OLG is looking to the City of Toronto, to vote yes or no, for a
casino in Toronto;
One proponent (MGM) is looking to established a 3 million
square foot casino on the CNE (Canadian National
Exhibition) grounds;
CNE Board has met with MGM and reviewed their
proposal. The CNE Board does not support a casino at the
CNE, as it will require lands that would see significant
change to the current CNE grounds. A casino would also
impact other events that annually take place at Exhibition
Place (Winter Fair, Royal and Sportsmen shows).
CNE Board believes that there are better community
redevelopment opportunities at Exhibition Place.
CNE Board is seeking support from their members, that
Exhibition Place not be the location for the proposed casino.
Toronto City Council will be debating the issue on May 21,
2013. The CNE Board is asking member organizations to
support their decision, that the casino not be located at
Exhibition Place. Member organizations can advise the city
directly or through councilors in a formal position.
Events, seminars and lectures
included in this newsletter are
getting a great response. This
e-blast is available to all members
so tell us what topics and events
interest you and we will forward the
information...
Click here to contact the OALA!
OTHER NEWS
COMING EVENTS
Janes Walk - May 25, 26
May 23rd: Charles Birnbaum lecture
Charles Birnbaum, Founder and President of The Cultural Landscape Foundation
FREE Public Lecture
Thursday May 23rd, 6:30 to 8pm
U of T, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
230 College Street, Room 103, Toronto
This event is free and open to all. First come, first served for seat availability.
May 25th:
10:00am
Harbord Village West (Reprise Walk for Doors Open) Explore Harbord Village West in this two-
part series on Jane's Walk and Doors Open!
Historical Walking Tour of Yorkville (Part 2): The Parks of Yorkville
Guided by: Charles A. Birnbaum & Michael McClelland
City of Ottawa Urban Design Awards
The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce the 2013
Ottawa Urban Design Awards competition. The awards will
be presented in five categories: Urban Infill, Public
Places and Civic Spaces, Urban Elements, Visions &
Master Plans and Student Projects.
Projects built between September 1, 2011 and
September 1, 2013 will be eligible.
Submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on August 15,
2013. Program guidelines and submission entry forms are
available on the City’s website at: www.ottawa.ca/
urbandesignawards
Awards will be presented on the evening of
October 16, 2013.
For further information, contact Amy Falkner at 613-580-
2424, x 27913 ([email protected]).
Heritage Toronto - Call for Awards Nominations
The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions in the promotion and
conservation of Toronto’s history and heritage landmarks by professionals and volunteers.
Click here for more details.
James Urban’s book (Up By Roots: Healthy Trees in the Built Environment) still available
Click here to buy it online.
Save the date! - Blue Jays Game
As the summer is approaching, the days are getting longer and the weather is getting warmer.
It’s time to break out the flip flops and dust off the sun hat; it’s BASEBALL SEASON!
The OALA Social Committee will be hosting a “Night at the Ball Park” this June 19, 2013 at the
Rogers Centre, as the Blue Jays battle the Colorado Rockies.
Grey To Green - A Conference On The Economics Of Green Infrastructure
Earn continuing education credits for GBCI, AIA CES, LA CES, APLD, BOMI, CNLA, GRP, and RCI.
Grey to Green is one week away! Register now and learn how American leaders are investing billions of dollars in green infrastructure. Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity! Don't miss expert presentations from:
Karen Kubick, P.E. BSME, Director, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Grey.
Green. Clean. Preparing San Francisco's Sewer System for a Green Tomorrow.
Aaron Koch, Deputy Commissioner for Sustinability, City of Chicago Sunk Costs: The
Economics of Green and Grey Stormwater Infrastructure
Dr. Hamid Karimi, Deputy Director for Natural Resources Administration, Government of the
District of Columbia The Public Case for Investing in Green Infrastructure in Washington D.C.
Kevin O'Hara, Manager of Government Affairs, American Society of Landscape Architects Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-Wide
...and many more!
Grey to Green will feature tours of Toronto's most innovative green infrastructure projects, such as Sugar Beach, Sherbourne Common, George Brown College, Evergreen Brick Works, Corus Quay, and more.
Grey to Green will also feature professional training courses: - Introduction to Rooftop Urban Agriculture - Integrated Water Management for Buildings & Sites - Green Infrastructure: Policies, Performance, & Projects Register now and be part of the solution! Contact [email protected] if you have any questions about registration.
May 24th: A Cultural Landscape Evening
RSVP by May 17th
Click here for more details.
U of G: Seeing Student Designs Come to Life
In 2015, the Town of Penetanguishene’s will celebrate the historic landing of Samuel de
Champlain on their community’s shores 400 years ago on August 1, 1615. To commemorate
this, and the fact that the town is one of the oldest in Canada west of Quebec City, the town
formed a Champlain Penetanguishene committee which will oversee the celebrations. For
inspiration, the committee invited the class of BLA students to re-imagine the town’s waterfront
and downtown space as a class project.
Throughout the Winter 2013 semester, students worked in groups to create master plan
concepts for the revitalization of Penetanguishene's waterfront park. Under the guidance of
Professor Stefan Bolliger and two other instructors, Nadia Amoroso and Shirley Hall from the
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) the BLA students pitched 10
proposal concepts to the community in early April.
Click here for more details.
RBC Emerging Designer Competition
Click here for more details.
2:00pm
Harbord Village East (Reprise Walk for Door's Open)
Explore Harbord Village East in this two-part series on Jane's
Walk and Doors Open!
May 26th:
10:00am
Harbord Village West (Reprise Walk for Doors Open)
2:00pm
Harbord Village East (Reprise Walk for Door's Open)
Click here for more details.
Winners of the Green Line Ideas Competition announced
The winners of the Green Line Ideas Competition were
announced on Saturday, May 4 at a community event in
Geary Avenue Parkette (one of 8 Green Line parks) with
over 300 people in attendance. Click here for the list of
winners and photos from the event.
We received 77 amazing proposals for the Green Line,
now we want to hear from you. Please share their thoughts
on the future of the Green Line through an online survey.
Pass on the details to everyone you know. Link to it from
the Green Line homepage: www.greenlinetoronto.ca
It's spring! Native plants for backyards
It’s spring! Consider planting native trees around your home through LEAF’s subsidized
Backyard Tree Planting Program. Native shrubs and garden kits are also available to help you
build biodiversity and attract songbirds, butterflies and other pollinators to your yard. Help protect
and improve the urban forest. www.yourleaf.org
Become a Tree Tender! This spring course at Oak Ridges Community Centre in Richmond Hill
(12895 Bayview Ave.) is designed to give you tree-related knowledge and skills. Ever wanted to
learn more about trees and how to properly care for them? This course is for you!
The Editorial Board of GROUND magazine has selected GeoGarden (A Subterranean
Symphony in C) by Karen Abel with a soundscape by Rose Bolton as the winner of the
Gladstone Grow Op 2013 OALA/Ground Prize.
GeoGarden - “C” for crystal - is a landscape of geological time, a subterranean ‘secret garden’
exposed as an outcropping of relic violin cases, their interiors propagated with mineral salt
crystals of the octahedral structure, a form in sacred geometry meaning ‘seed of life’.
As if excavated from a primordial orchestra pit of the imagination, the rock-like forms suggest
crystal geodes - time capsules unlocked to reveal pristine micro-landscapes like sheet music of
millennial age. In this garden of vacant instrumentation, violin sounds seismically evoke events of
a geological past through the use of fragmented musical textures and distant melodies. Visitors
are invited to consider the concept of a garden within geological time; to experience the virtually
imperceptible process of geode crystallization through the act of listening, where a single note
might convey a thousand or ten thousand years.
This $500 award recognizes a unique work that encouraged us all to celebrate and explore new
dialogues about landscape, art, gardens and place making.
For more information about the winners:
www.karenabel.ca | www.rosebolton.com
Grow Op: Exploring Landscape + Place took place at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto April 25-28,
2013. Click here for more information and to download the show catalogue.
As part of the opening night on April 25th, Ground also moderated a public Round Table event, with the intention that the ideas explored would feed into our issue themed ‘Play’ (Summer 2013).
Grow Op: OALA announcement of GROUND Prize
Please voice your positions on this topic to Toronto's City Councillors before their debate on May
21, 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.theex.com
