Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 4 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
PB27.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance which includes a description of heritage attributes found in Attachment 1. The subject property at 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West is located on the northeast corner of Lake Shore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue in the downtown area of what has been historically known as New Toronto. It contains the former New Toronto Post Office, a 2-storey institutional form building. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 2. The New Toronto Post Office was completed in 1935 as part of the Public Works Construction Act of 1934, which saw the construction of 185 public buildings by the Government of Canada between 1934 and 1939. Designed by Catto and Catto Architects in the Stripped Classical Style with Art Deco elements, the limestone clad structure with polished granite accents has stood as a community landmark at the centre of downtown New Toronto since 1935. Staff have determined that the property at 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West has cultural heritage value and meets six of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. The property was listed on the City's Heritage Register on September 27, 2006. The subject property has been identified as a candidate for designation through the City's implementation of Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act and the strategy for Listed Properties that must be removed from the Register by January 1, 2027.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 17, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 17, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
PB27.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 667 King Street West (including an active entrance at 92 Bathurst Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance and description of heritage attributes found in Attachment 1. The subject property at 667 King Street West is located at the southwest corner of King Street West and Bathurst Street, in the West Queen West neighbourhood. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property are found in Attachment 2. The building on the property at 667 King Street West is known as the Wheatsheaf Tavern and contains a 2½-storey former inn and tavern on a rectangular plan that is fashioned in Second Empire style details. A Pre-Confederation building that was constructed in 1849, the property is a rare surviving example of an early-19th century hotel and bar that has been in operation at the same location for over 150-years. The Wheatsheaf Tavern continues to be the oldest bar in Toronto and serves as a neighbourhood landmark. Staff have determined that the property at 667 King Street West has cultural heritage value and meets 6 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. The property was listed on the City's Heritage Register on June 20, 1973. The Wheatsheaf tavern has been identified as a candidate for designation through the City's implementation of Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act and the strategy for Listed Properties that must be removed from the Register by January 1, 2027.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 667 King Street West (including the active entrance at 92 Bathurst Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 667 King Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 20, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 667 King Street West (including the active entrance at 92 Bathurst Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 667 King Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 20, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
PB27.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1660 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance and description of heritage attributes found in Attachment 1. The subject property at 1660 Kingston Road is located on the north side of Kingston Road between Birchcliff Avenue and Birchmount Road in the Birch Cliff - Cliffside neighbourhood of Scarborough. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 2. The property at 1660 Kingston Road, built 1921- 1922, comprises a two-storey, brick-clad and stone-detailed building designed in the Neoclassical style that was constructed for the Bank of Commerce and operated as a local branch to the Birch Cliff community for eighty years until 2003. The building has significant historical value for its institutional role of municipal governance for the Township of Scarborough. For over a quarter century, from 1922 - 1949, the second floor of the former Bank of Commerce served as the seat of the Scarborough township council and offices of municipal departments, including Assessment and Building Inspector from the 1930s to the mid 1940s. Adjacent to the Birch Cliff Public School (1916) and with its corner location, the property is a prominent component of the Birch Cliff community that anchors an intact early-20th century streetscape of a historic main street on Kingston Road. Staff have determined that the property at 1660 Kingston Road has cultural heritage value and meets five of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. The subject property was listed on the City's Heritage Register on September 27, 2006, and has been identified as a candidate for designation through the City's implementation of Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, and the strategy for Listed Properties that must be removed from the Register by January 1, 2027.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1660 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 1660 Kingston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 20, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1660 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 1660 Kingston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report (January 20, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
PB27.4adopted
On March 26, 2024, the owner of 86 Lombard Street appealed Council's failure to make a decision within the legislated timelines for Zoning By-law Amendment applications for 86, 100-108 Lombard Street and 103 Richmond Street East to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT"). The amendments to the Zoning By-law proposed a 59-storey (216 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 480 dwelling units, 4,321 square metres of office space, and 616 square metres of retail space. The former City Morgue building at 86 Lombard Street is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and proposed to be relocated to the eastern portion of the site. A mid-block connection between Richmond Street East and Lombard Street and a public open space are proposed. This report focuses on the owner's applications under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act which requests City Council's consent to alterations to the designated property at 86 Lombard Street and subsection 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which requests moving the building on the designated heritage property to another property. Council requires the advice of the Toronto Preservation Board in respect of matters which may impact a designated heritage property.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix "A" to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it is about litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix "A" to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it is about litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.