This post is the first in a series in which we reached out to municipal candidates to ask their heritage platform. Responses will be posted in the order received. Wes Ewer was the first candidate to respond. He is running for Town Council in Amherstburg. Thank you for the opportunity to share my perspective. …
Heritage Platform – Wes Ewer – Candidate for Amherstburg Town Council Read More »
To the Mayor of the Town of Essex, Members of Town Council, and the Heritage Committee, It has come to the attention of the Windsor/Essex Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario that the home described as the “1813 John Snider House” in Colchester and which is chronicled in the Town of Essex’s heritage listing …
Letter to the Essex Mayor, Town Council, and Heritage Committee Read More »
Windsor/Essex Jane’s Walks 2024 feature 32 Community-led, free, walking tours. Follow the link to make your plan today! The Festival begins on Friday, April 26, 2024 at noon in Leamington. Join Jill Nicholson to learn about 100 Years of Mennonites in Essex County. At 2pm, Olivia Laforet of the ACO will be leading a walk …
Five Days left until Windsor/Essex Jane’s Walks! Read More »
Windsor/Essex Jane’s Walk is returning in 2024. Deadline for walk proposals is February 16, 2024. To register your walk click here. The Essex County Walk Weekend will take place from April 26 – 28, 2024 The Windsor Walk Weekend will take place from May 3 – 5, 2024. Mark your calendars and don’t miss Windsor/Essex …
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 .
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