Posts sorted by Chateau in Distress
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.…
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…
Taking Responsibility
The vote on the Château Laurier that City Council will have tomorrow is profoundly important. Not because of its potential…
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 Question
Design for an extension to the Château Laurier, by Teagan Hydman and Lauren Liebe I’ve believed for a long time…
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…
Watson’s Folly
Anyone who wrote to the mayor recently expressing concerns about the proposed addition to the Château Laurier received exactly the…
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…
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.…
Compatibility
Several objections were raised at last Monday’s meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee to the proposed extension of the Château…
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…
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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