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Barry Padolsky's Letter to Justin Trudeau

Many of you will have read about Barry Padolsky's open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the Château Laurier.…

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What Could the Château Laurier Addition Look Like?

"Sightlines" © Teagan Hyndman and Lauren Liebe In a piece in today’s National Post, Larco representative Dennis Jacobs used what…

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Taking Responsibility

The vote on the Château Laurier that City Council will have tomorrow is profoundly important. Not because of its potential…

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The Last Word (of 2018)

Members of the public were invited to share their reactions to the exhibition of student designs for an addition to…

Re-Framing the Chateau Laurier

Re-Framing the Question

Design for an extension to the Château Laurier, by Teagan Hydman and Lauren Liebe I’ve believed for a long time…

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Time to Think Outside the Box

https://vimeo.com/301929976 Remember the first proposal for an addition to the romantic, picturesque Château Laurier? It was two boxes. Remember the…

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Watson’s Folly

Anyone who wrote to the mayor recently expressing concerns about the proposed addition to the Château Laurier received exactly the…

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What’s in the Crystal Ball for Château Laurier?

This view's days are numbered. The proposed extension of the Château Laurier lurched one more step towards a bad conclusion…

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Planning Committee

Today (June 26) the City’s Planning Committee met to vote on the Built Heritage Sub-Committee’s motion on the Château Laurier.…

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Compatibility

Several objections were raised at last Monday’s meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee to the proposed extension of the Château…

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A Step, but in What Direction?

I said in my last blog that Monday’s meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) at City Hall had an…

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Back at City Hall

I found myself back at City Hall on Monday. The Built Heritage Sub-Committee met to consider City staff’s recommendation that…

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