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Online Heritage Resources

May 1, 2020 By Hal

Kindly shared with our neighbourhood by Sandra Parks (This is a Pinned Post in Heritage & History)

Available in the Grace Schmidt Room, KPL, or online

·       Well-preserved: the Ontario Heritage Foundation’s manual of principles and practice for architectural conservation by Mark Fram –(363.6909713 Fram) – building conservation, preservation & restoration principles, pgs 44-55

Events

·       Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, North Waterloo Region branch – annual lecture series, November to May; AGM; online blog; lists of resources

Websites

International

·       International Cultural Heritage Policy Documents – Charter of Athens, Venice Charter, ICOMOS

·       Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) – sometimes known as the Anti-Scrape movement, founded by William Morris in 1877

Canada

·       Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada – benchmark for heritage conservation principles, practice & guidelines

Ontario

·        Eight Guiding Principles in the Conservation of Built Heritage Properties – provide the basis for decisions concerning good practice of heritage conservation

·        Ontario Heritage Act – Parts IV & V relate to municipal heritage conservation

·        Ontario Heritage Toolkit – guides on the heritage conservation process

·        Ontario Regulation 9/06 – criteria for determining whether a property is of cultural heritage value, worthy of designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

·        Provincial Policy Statement – provincial policy direction on land use planning

Region of Waterloo

·        Arts, Culture & Heritage – outlines heritage programs at the regional level, including archives, conservation incentives, resources for property owners

·        Conserving Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources – guide to implementing Cultural Heritage policies in the Official Plan

·        Official Plan – click on the line: Regional Official Plan, then Section 3.G. Cultural Heritage, pgs 48-53

·        Scenic Roads & Special Character Streets – identifies heritage roads

City of Kitchener

·        Cultural Heritage Landscapes Study – an inventory of 55 CHLs

·        Guide to Heritage Designation for Property Owners – individual property designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, incentives and myths.

·        Heritage – walking tours, grant & tax incentives, awards, permits, properties

·        Heritage Conservation District Plans – of the four HCDs

·        Official Plan – click on ‘Consolidated Version,’ Section 12: Cultural Heritage Resources, pgs 12-1 to 12-9.

Local

·        The Economics of Heritage Development – in 2016, the Kitchener Waterloo Association of Realtors hosted a panel on this topic

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