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Introduction: 2020 Top10 Watch List

Introduction: 2020 Top10 Watch List

2020 Top10 introduction Our full release on December 31st, 2020 In early September, we made a decision to release two entries on this year’s 2020 list that were especially relevant to the pandemic. They were the threats to Arts and Culture and the threats to...
1. Arts and Culture

1. Arts and Culture

Artists, cultural workers and venues had already been facing serious issues before the pandemic. Now, after months of crisis and still months to come, the sector is in dire need of help. The state of Arts and Culture in 2019 Before COVID-19, the harsh reality for...
2. Neighbourhood Businesses

2. Neighbourhood Businesses

More to residents than simply commercial outlets, neighbourhood businesses are critical to communities. They serve as significant social spaces, much loved gathering spots, places selling goods and services we rely on for our daily needs and a critical component of...
3. Henry Hudson wooden schoolhouse (1912)

3. Henry Hudson wooden schoolhouse (1912)

Threatened with demolition due to the main school’s seismic mitigation program, the wooden school house was built as a Manual Training School in 1912, with a twin structure built in early 1913 at General Gordon Elementary on Bayswater Street. If no individuals,...
4. Holy Rosary Cathedral Complex

4. Holy Rosary Cathedral Complex

Holy Rosary Cathedral, built of stone in the French Gothic Revival style, opened in 1900. The cathedral will undergo needed seismic and other building upgrades. To finance the $24M project, the Archdiocese is considering selling 5 of the 12 lots that the Cathedral...