October 27, 2023 Attn: MPP Andrew Dowie, MPP Anthony Leardi, MPP Lisa Gretzky (via email) RE: ACO Windsor/Essex Branch strongly opposes the impact that Bill 23 will have on the heritage landscape of Essex County. Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 deems that any property that has been listed on a …
On August 1, 2023, the City of Windsor’s Development and Heritage Standing Committee met and discussed a proposed strategy to mitigate the potential loss of 884 listed properties. On January 1, 2023 under Bill 23, any properties that have appeared on the heritage list for more than 2 years will be removed and not be …
Bill 23 Impact Series 3 – Windsor City Council Heritage Committee Meeting. Read More »
The Monarch Liqueurs Building was built in 1928 and designed by architect, Albert J. Lothian, a Scottish architect who moved to Windsor after World War I. The building started its life very briefly as a bottling plant before WL Webster Manufacturing took occupancy. The WL Webster plant made seat slipcovers for automobiles. Lothian, in many …
Bill 23 Impact Series 1 – Monarch Liqueurs Co/Webster Building Read More »
Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 poses a massive threat to heritage and heritage advocacy (Click here to read the act). On January 1, 2025, buildings in Ontario that are on a Heritage List of Interest and are not designated and have been on the list for more than 2 years will …
PPS Media Release final May 29 May 29, 2023 Proposed Provincial Planning Statement will bulldoze Ontario’s heritage, ACO warns: Still reeling over Bill 23’s changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, which make it almost impossible to save many Black, Indigenous, racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA heritage sites from harm, heritage advocates are appalled at the proposed new …
ACO comments on the Proposed Provincial Planning Statement. Read More »
Did you see our Jane’s Walk 2023 Digital Submission, “Skirmish at Sturgeon Creek” with author and historian, Chris Carter? It’s still up. Check it out and if you’d like to check out Chris’ work, visit touressex.ca .
The Essex County Weekend is in the books and May 5 – 7, 2023 is all about Windsor/Tecumseh. Check out the full schedule at windsorjaneswalk.ca and look at Windsor/Tecumseh in a new way! Picture of “Tree to Table” walk at John R. Park Homestead.
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is proud to be a partner in Windsor Jane’s Walk 2023. Windsor Jane Walk will open on April 28, 2023 with county walks in Leamington, Kingsville, Amherstburg. Starting May 5, 2023, Windsor and Tecumseh will be the focus. To see a full schedule, visit windsorjaneswalk.ca. We’d love to see you …
Windsor Arena was once the Madison Square Garden of Essex County. There was a time when the Arena was full of laughter, cheering, and life. Children would haunt the doors of the building hoping to get a glimpse of their favourite hockey players, musicians, and wrestling stars. Greats of sports and music graced the floor of …
Who remembers roller skating at Windsor Arena in the summer? Thinking back to my childhood, roller skating was probably the most 70’s experience I had. Every week of summer vacation, I’d walk over and pay the quarter or fifty cents and head out on the floor. The music was loud and people would dance and …
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