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PAr.V. 9 WHI'lTRV iFRIR ~'PPF.S- 1ERTAGE U~PPTJEMINT. SEPTEMBER 9.1987 e VOICE OF THE COUNTI TOWN Publlshod every Wednesday DOUG ANDERSON Published every Wednesday By 677209 Ontario Inc. Phone: 668.6111 e w DouG ANDERSON' Publisher MAURICE PIFHER Editor PETER IRVINE Advertising Manager 'ie 4îl i ~mei~te ,djeîîeiii<1% lied a nd 1 tprilited b lt~~ iil>)%id îfuor %N h itlI,. UiIvl Give heritage a chance! Heritage preservation is a contentious issue in Whitby and has been for several years. In a com- munity which is experiencing rapid growth, it is not surprising to see new developments crowding out the old. What is surprising is that in a com- munity with as much heritage as ours there is a total lack of official policy to protect anything, even the most significant. Whitby has a LACAC whose mandate and pur- pose under the Ontario Heritage Act is to advise Town Council (which appointed it) on matters of architectural conservation. Yet through policies enunciated by Council, LACAC is limited. to relaying to Council information on buildings which are in no danger whatsoever and whose owners have expressed a written desire to have their buildings designated. • LACAC has a list of buildings which it con- siders significant yet Town officiais with the ob- vious tacit. consent of Council ignore it. Buildings such as the Perry house are demolished without so much as the courtesy of asking the advisory committee to comment. If such comments are not requested and considered then our LACAC is mere tokenism. It may as well disband. That might well have considerably more impact than its Il MAKING HERITAGE WORK 213 BYRON ST. S. The middle of the last century saw the completion of an imposing new home on the corner of Byron and Dunlop Streets in Whitby. After 100 or so years, 213 Byron is still appealing and is about to receive a new lease on life. William D. Little announced a new 12,000 square foot renovation that will transform 213 Byron into an ideal location for retail and professional offices. The first, second and below level floors are now available for leasing with occupancy scheduled in early 1988. The top floor has been reserved for Mr. Little's firms - Marketing & Motivation Limited and Corporate Gifts and Incentives. This project is the second in a series of heritage projects planned by Mr. little for downtown Whitby. The first and very successful Pearson Lanes is about to expand with a second phase with early 1988 occupancy. FOR INQUIRIES %ý (416) 668-5011 àâ meetings ever did. Other communities around us have taken active steps to ensure that at the very least a process of official review is undertaken whenever an older building is threatened. Other communities have discovered that out of these reviews can come acceptable economicaliy sound proposais to preserve our heritage. Land developers have discovered that houses with heritage elements in their design sell better than those without. Reproduction homes dominate the high end of the custom built market. Traditional furniture styles outsell modern styles. Shops that sell traditional accessories and bric-a- brac thrive. Obviously people want heritage. They pay good hard-earned bucks for it. Yet as fast as we build reproductions, we destroy the originals. Mayor Attersley has proclaimed this Heritage month. Council should use this opportunity to enunciate a clear policy that will lift the cloud of secrecy that surrounds the future of our heritage buildings. Let's give heritage a chance. ACO Durham Branch sponsors house tour In conjunction with the Down- and those who would have con- town's Heritage Day activities, a cucted théir professions out of the house tour of some of Whitby's front rooms while living at the back finest old homes and one of its and upstairs. The Carrieres now newest "traditional" buildings is operate a hair salon on the ground being held by the Durham Branch floor and have rebult the upstairs of the Architectural Conservancy of into a spectacular two-level apar- Ontario. tment for themselves. A highlight of the tour is a cluster A few blocks away at the corner of three homes, all on the same of Palace and John is the former St. block behind the Whitby Library, John's Church which has been con- built by Roderick Ross, a Scottish verted into a private dwelling. mason and two of his sons between So far the tour is very compact, 1867 and 1888. confined to a radius of a few blocks, Right across the street from one but the last building, the Stephen of these is an interesting turn of the Thomas house is five miles north on century house with a cross gambrel Hwy 12 in the Village of Brookhn. In (barn) roof. spite of the distance most people The new building on the tour is will want to make the trp because the Byron Estates Condominiums it is a rare opportunity to see the in- recently completed by the Sorichet- sides of a beautifully cared for Vic- ti Group, a Whitby construction torian country manor. The house is company. The model suite which is currently unfurnished and is isted normally viewed by appointment for sale at only $790,000. The agent only will be open for this tour. has agreed to open the house on this Just down Byron St. is the day only to ticket holders. Carriere's, the southernmost unit Tour tickets are $10 and are in the Terrace, one of the finest available at the Whitby Free Press, surviving examples of Victorian Middleton's and some other down- row housing in all of Ontario. town businesses as well as at the Originally, these units were houses on the day of the tour. designed for doctors and lawyers 1880 THE FREE PRESS foundoainfhPty attie On age15an18arerepod c To rigintoal cnists ofa fbours On pages 15 and 18 are reproduc- tions of 2 pages of The Free Press from December 4, 1880. Until last year nobody knew that this paper had ever existed and this is the only copy that appears to have survived. It was found in an attic in Whitby and was donàted to the Whitby Ar- chives. Because of its obvious in- terest to the modern Whitby Free Press, Brian Winter, the archivist, has allowed us to reproduce it. The original consists of four pages - only the front and back (on page 18) are reproduced here. Apart from the name, the similarity to the present Free Press is remarkable - it, too, was a free distribution paper, a rarity at the ytire.Like today's, it was supported by advertising. More than a hundred years later it makes fascinating reading. */ k- W Luiii~ -~ Iii 1p~q i rhe Free Press Building 131 Brock Street North P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. bjj.J& J à.Jlwj"JL;JLe, &-u