WE[ITI3y pFREEPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989, PAGE 9 Preservation awards dinner to feature foirmer Kingston mayor While the rapid growth of Dur- ham Region has destroyed.inany heritage buildings, plenty of eth- ers have been tastefully preser- ved by their owners. Some of the best will be honored when the Durham branch of the Architectural Con- servancy of Ontario presents the first annual 'Preservation Awards' at a dinner at the Old Liverpool House Jan. 28. Guest speaker will be Val Swain, former mayor of Kingston and currently a governor of H eri- tape Canada. The public is invited te attend the dinner. Reservations May be made by calling Doug Anderson at 668-6111 or 668-5040 or Margaret Boyce at 6d8-9691. The winners in the restoration category were John and Vera Hugel of Whitby for the Flint-Anderson bouse, a brick and stone farm bouse which used te stand far back fromn Rossland Road, a bit east of Anderson St. in Wihitby. A subdivision has been built around it and the inanner in which the Hugels acquired the bouse was particularly commendable. I the adaptive reuse category, the judges gave the nod to, Pearson Lanes in downtewn Whitby wbere four early twentieth century bouses were joined together te, formn a unique commercial complex. The category for new con- struction designed 'to comple- ment an existing beritage building was won by the new Parisb Hall of St. Thomas Anglican Cbuirch in Brooklin, a amril frame churcb -originally designed by architect Henry Langley. Langley was a prominent nineteentb centr Ontario architect wbo desi e4 among others, Metropolitan United Cburcb and the spire of St. James 'Cathedra], botb in downtown Toronto. Wanted:. Subsidized taxi service for blind Wh itbyceuncil bas been asked to prLd a subsidize d taxi ser- vcfor the 124 blind, people living in Whitby. The requewas officially made to mebrs of the o e- rations committee Monday nigt. "We would like you to establ- ish a reasonable transportation system," said Marie Brooks- Smyth, chairman of the Durham Region branch of the Canadaian National Institute for the Blind. "Handi-Transit doesn't offer rides to the visually impaired because they*say they are mobile," said Smyth. This makes it a problem for blind individuals to shop or simply get arourid, she aJcled. She asked that the Whitby system be similar to the system used by Oshawa where blind people pay $1 each ay towards a cab ride ,And the City subsidizes the remnainder of the cost. "It cost Oshawa (with a blind population of 340) $5 1,000 in 1988,"ý said Smyth. She expects a Whitby system te cost between $18,000 and $20,000 since there are only 124 blind people in Whitby. A subsidy is aise available for any program the Town effers from the Ministry of Transpor- tation, said Smyth. "IEveryone -has the right to transportation. This system is needed in Whitby," she said. Committee decided te, study the request since it will bave an impatct on the 1989 budget. After the meeting, Smyth said she was happy with the Town's response but hoped the proposal would not be sitting in limbe a yearfrom now. When designing a new parish hall for suceh a building, the challenge was to build something large enough to accommodate the. needs of the congregation yet not overshadow the original church. The judges felt that this goal had been admirably fulfilled. Judges were Tom Cruikshank, editor of Canada Century Home of Port Hope, and Fred Roes, who cbaired Ajax's LACAC for six years. The preservation awards were etarted by the. Durham ACO te provide additional inducement towards effective reuse of heritage buildings. This je particularly critical in high growth areas aine progress frequently means bull- dozing the past. The -Flint Anderson house je a -rare example of an agreement with a developer te, preserve an historie building on ite original ite within a new subdivision. The awards- were open te any building in- Durham Region in which the construction/res- toration was completed within the lest five years. Noinaditions for the 1989 pre- servation awards will be received until April 30. Nominations can be sent to: ACO Durham,. Box 171,_Whitby, Ont., LMN 5S1. he-ACO was formed in the late thirties by a group of architects concerned about the rapid déterioration of Ontaridi historie buildings. Although the orgazization stili contains many architecte, mont of its membere are imply average citizens with an interest in history and architecture. Thé -group lias continued to grow and now hbas 10 branches across the province. The Durham brancb was formed about four years ago. WHY GO ANYWHERE ELSE? FOR THE FINEST USED. 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