Whitby FREE HOME DELIVERY (Voice of the County Town) Volume 2, Number 16 Thursday, April 20, 1972. ...Town HuIi Whitby Ont.. The headltines accompanying the p h o t o on the Whitby Free Press front page this week, and excerpt (starting at second paragraph), were taken directiy from the 'Royal Architectural Institute J o u r n al 's description of the newly- built Whitby Town Hali. . .. "The Town Hall, Whitby, pro- v i d es accommoEdation for ait municipal d e p a r t ments, pol ice and fire depart- ments, and a counci1 chamber. The project was subject to a budget r e s t r 1iction, callting for the design of s i m p I e , durable finishes throughout. Comprising 15, 386 square feet of inter- !or sp ac e, the final contract sum was $256, 861. 20. The building is of fire-resi stant con- struction and provides a high degree of flexibility in the arrangement of space to al low for expansion of departments, anc t h e p o ssible use of space occupied at present by the police. On a16' grid, the structural system consists of poured concrete foundation w al Is and reinforced concrete (8" by 81) columns, supporting in situ waffle- formedfloor and roof slabs. Ali exter- nal walts with granite and quartz faced p r e -cast concrete panels, with 2" in- tegral insulation and interior faces are of smo o t h, p lain concrete. Al fixed p or t i ons are of lightweight aggregate m o d u I ar concrete block, while move- a b t e p a r t itions are framed in timber a n d f a ced wi th cherry wood plywood. Plastic wall coatings have been spray- ed on wa shroom walls; and Betonite formula on al other interior wals. F 1 o o r fini shes on the ground ftoor are m a inly vinyl asbestos tiling over m a chine-trowelt1ed cement mor tar top- p i n g t aid on an iron and cement mem- brane. Floor finishes on the first floor are similar, but laid over 1" thick res- il ient topping. Terrazzo flooring occurs in w a s h rooms and in the entrance and s t a i r area. The ceiltings are exposed waffle-formed concrete." The Whitby Town Hall, featured on the f r ont page, photographed and ex- p i ained ingr ea t detai1 inCanada's leading architectural journal, was ob- viously an architectural piece of which T or ont o architects, Rounthwaite and F a i r f i eld could be proud. Structural E n g i n eer Robert Halisal1 and General Contractor, Mel-Ron Construction also set about their task with great enthus- iasm. The total effect of every word writ- ten in the Royal Architectural Institute of C a n a da Journal, in fact, gives one t h e impression t h a t an air-tight plan had been laid and carefully carried out for a town hall which would serve the c i t i zenry of Whitby then and in future - adequately. E i t h e r th e architects, engineer, c o n t r a c tor or the councit at the time oversold the town hall in year 1961, or someone at town hall in the present day isn't looking - at least not thoroughly - i n t o t h e expansion aspect of existing facil ities. ...provides a high degree of flexility in the arrangement of space for expansion of Depts... "The TOWn is not trying to make the Bradley Farm the 'newl centre of Whitby, " says Dr. Michael. See "A Place .for People,. not Cars", Pg. 8 "h appears to me and a lot of other taxpayers that you gentlemen are overstepping your boundaries, Il says the author of a letter to the editor of council. ROYAL ARCH ITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA JOURNAL AQuGuT 1941 ROyAL AORCITECTURAL INSTITUTE OP CANADA INSTITUT ROYAL DAROIIITECTURE DU CANADA P9. 7.