EXISTING CONDITIONS: BUILT HERITAGE &
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES
YONGE SUBWAY EXTENSION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT
FINCH AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 407
TOWN OF MARKHAM
CITY OF VAUGHAN
CITY OF TORONTO
January 2009
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EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT
BUILT HERITAGE &
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES
YONGE SUBWAY EXTENSION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT
FINCH AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 407
TOWN OF MARKHAM
CITY OF VAUGHAN
CITY OF TORONTO
January 2009
Prepared for:
McCormick Rankin Corporation
300-2655 North Sheridan Way
Mississauga, Ontario
L5K 2P8
Prepared by:
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Heritage Resource Management Consultants
540 Runnymede Road
Toronto, ON., M6S 2Z7
Tel: 416-766-7333
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR SUBWAY
STATION SITES AND HERITAGE SENSITIVITIES
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LIST OF TABLES
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Table 1.
Identified Cultural Heritage Resources on the Yonge Street
Corridor.
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INTRODUCTION
McCormick Rankin Corporation retained Unterman McPhail Associates, Heritage
Management Resource Consultants, to undertake a cultural heritage resource survey of
built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes along Yonge Street for the
Yonge Street Subway Extension project. This interim report has been provided as
information for the study process.
Unterman McPhail undertook a windshield survey of the Yonge Street study area in
November 2008, identifying built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes
older than 40 years of age. The study area is characterized by 20th century urban
development, principally commercial, residential and light industrial. Yonge Street is a
six-lane principal urban arterial road that travels through the City of Toronto, City of
Vaughan and Town of Markham including the historical centre of Thornhill, which is
now part of the Thornhill Heritage Conservation District, and into the southern limit of
the Town of Richmond Hill. It also crosses the East Don River part of the watershed of
the Don River.
Yonge Street had become a major transportation route northward from Lake Ontario
through the City of Toronto, Town of Vaughan and Town of Markham and further
northward by the early 1800s. It was the base line for surveying and planning for Toronto
and the townships in York County including the Townships of Vaughan and Markham. It
is the dividing line between the east and west parts of Toronto and York Region.
Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe selected the route for a new military road north from York
to Lake Simcoe and then to a military garrison at Penetanguishene. Work began in 1795
when Deputy Surveyor General Augustus Jones lead the Queen's Rangers in surveying
and marking a small trail from Eglinton Avenue northward to Holland River. Named in
honour of Sir George Yonge, the British Secretary of War, the surveyed route reached St.
Albans on the Holland River in February 1796. Settlers along the surveyed route were
responsible for clearing the logs and stumps. The southern end of the road was used by
1810 and passable to the northern end by 1816. It was completed to Bloor Street in 1796
and south to the harbour by 1812. To the north the road was extended to
Penetanguishene by 1827. The road became a principal settlement and transportation
route in Upper Canada. Small hamlets and villages were established along its length
including Thornhill and Newtonbrook around Finch Avenue. In the late 19th century the
Toronto Radial Railway was built along the east side of the Yonge Street. In the 20th
century Yonge Street became a major transportation artery for vehicular traffic.
Newtonbrook was transformed by in the 1950s, for a massive residential development
and most of the older buildings were removed. Examples of 20th century commercial
development of 40 years of age and older, such as strip malls and older plazas exist along
both sides of Yonge Street, in particular from north of Finch Avenue to north of Steeles
Avenue. St. George’s Anglican Church is located at No. 5530 Yonge Street at Churchill
Avenue in the City of Toronto.
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The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada has commemorated Yonge Street
with a national historical plaque located in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The plaque states:
This highway was planned by the first governor of Upper Canada, John Graves
Simcoe, as a military and commercial route between Lakes Ontario and Huron.
Begun in 1795 by the Queen's Rangers it was cut through to Lake Simcoe in 1796,
reached Georgian Bay in the first quarter of the next century, and was later extended
into Muskoka. A main line of transport before the railway, it opened lands for
settlements and carried trade to Toronto. With the development of automotive
transport in the twentieth century, it became the highway to northern recreational
areas and vast new resources.
The following municipal and historical society sources were consulted:
o Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest;
o City of Vaughan's Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value;
o Vaughan Thornhill Heritage Conservation Inventory 2007;
o The Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill’s (SPOHT) Historic Plaque
Program; and,
o Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties.
The study area extends into the southernmost part of the Town of Richmond Hill at the
municipal boundary. The Town of Richmond Hill was consulted regarding the heritage
status of the Linton Freedman oak tree. It has commemorative status in the Town of
Richmond Hill.
The report, North York’s Modernist Architecture completed by the former City of North
York in (1997) and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) document
Don River Watershed Plan: Cultural Heritage, Report on Current Conditions (Final
Draft) August 12, 2008 were also reviewed.
No. 7951 Yonge Street is listed on the Town of Markham Register of Property of Cultural
Heritage Value or Interest. No. 8210 Yonge Street is listed as a heritage resource in the
City of Vaughan's Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value; the former
Newtonbrook Store at No. 5926 Yonge Street is listed on the Toronto Inventory of
Heritage Properties.
There are no provincially or federally designated properties within the study corridor
along Yonge Street. The Ontario Heritage Trust has acquired a conservation easement for
the Robert West House and surrounding property at No. 7780 Yonge Street on November
20, 2008. The house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the City of Vaughan still
located on its original site.
Two heritage conservation districts (HCD) designated under Part V of the Ontario
Heritage Act are located within the Yonge Street corridor— the Vaughan Thornhill
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Heritage Conservation District and the Markham Thornhill Heritage Conservation
District. They contain numerous properties of heritage importance included on the
Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest, and the City of
Vaughan's Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value and/or the Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation Inventory 2007.
Since 1973, The Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill’s (SPOHT) Historic
Plaque Program has erected sixteen (16) historic bronze plaques, with their characteristic
wheat sheaf, in Thornhill to commemorate people, places and events of importance to the
community. Six (6) plaques are located along Yonge; five (5) are SPOHT plaques and
one (1) is a Heritage Trust Plaque (formerly the Ontario Heritage Foundation) erected in
conjunction with SPOHT. A former City of North York Plaque commemorating the
Village of Newtonbrook is located at No. 5800 Yonge Street.
The Holy Cross Cemetery, opened in 1954 is located at No. 8361 Yonge Street The Holy
Trinity Burying Ground is located within the Vaughan Thornhill HCD.
The Ontario Heritage Act gives the Ontario Ministry of Culture (MCL) the responsibility
for the conservation, protection and preservation of Ontario’s culture heritage resources.
Section 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) charges the Minister with the responsibility
to,
“...determine policies, priorities and programs for the conservation, protection and
preservation of the heritage of Ontario”
Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act provides for the designation of heritage conservation
districts. Following the approval of a local designation by-law and confirmation by the
Ontario Municipal Board any alterations, additions and demolition to property within a
heritage conservation district require a permit from the local municipality. The approval
or denial of a permit will usually be determined in accordance with approved guidelines
and district plan.
Under subsection 27 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA), the municipal clerk is
required to keep a current register of properties of cultural heritage value or interest
located in their municipality. The municipal register must include all properties
designated under Part IV of the OHA by the municipality or by the Minister of Culture.
Municipal designation of heritage resources under Part IV the Ontario Heritage Act
publicly recognizes and promotes awareness of heritage properties, provides a process for
ensuring that changes to a heritage property are appropriately managed and that these
changes respect the property’s heritage value. This includes protection from demolition.
Once a property has been designated and notice has been given to the Ontario Heritage
Trust, the property is then listed on the provincial register of heritage properties.
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The alteration process under section 33 of the OHA helps to ensure the heritage attributes
of a designated property, and therefore its heritage value, are conserved. If an owner of a
designated property wishes to make alterations to the property that affects the property’s
heritage attributes, the owner must obtain written consent from the council. This applies
not only to the alteration of the buildings or structures but also to alterations of other
aspects of the designated property, such as landscape features or natural features, which
have been identified as heritage attributes.
The OHA subsection 27(2) also allows a property that is not designated, but considered to
be of cultural heritage interest or value by the municipal council, to be placed on the
register. This is commonly referred to as “listing”. In many cases, listed (non-designated
properties) are candidates for protection under section 29 of the OHA. Listing nondesignated properties does not offer any protection under the OHA; however, subsections
27 (3)-(5) of the Act require owners of listed properties to give the municipal council at
least 60 days notice of their intention to demolish or remove a building or structure on the
property. Also subsection 27 (1.3) states council is required to consult its municipal
heritage committee before a listed property can be added or removed from the register.
The preliminary findings of the cultural heritage resource survey of the Yonge Street
corridor with emphasis on the area around the proposed subway stations facilities are
listed in Table 1. The resources are listed from north to south along Yonge Street.
Listed and designated heritage buildings and structures within the Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation District and the Markham Thornhill Heritage Conservation
District are listed in Table 1 under the respective HCD. Cultural heritage resources
located in the immediate area around a potential subway station facility are included
separately in Table 1. The Vaughan Thornhill Heritage Conservation District Inventory
2007 contains non-listed properties located within the district that may be of heritage
interest and/or value.
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR
Site
#
Resource
Type
Category
Location
1.
CHL
Natural
Feature
Highway 7 and RHC Station
Highway 407,
just west of
storm water
retention pond,
northeast
quadrant of
Highway 404
and Yonge
Street. Town of
Richmond Hill,
Burr Oak Tree, reputedly
approximately 200 years old.
2.
CHL
Cemetery
No. 8361
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
Holy Cross Cemetery, created
in 1954 by the Archdiocese of
Toronto as an alternate burial
grounds for Catholics in
Toronto. Main entrance gate
is on Yonge Street.
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Station Facility
Langstaff/
Longbridge
Station
Description
Heritage
Recognition
Photograph/Map
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ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
Category
Location
3.
BHR
Education No. 8210
al
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
Potential
Station Facility
N/A
Description
Heritage recognition
Photograph/Map
Langstaff School, school Listed on City of Vaughan
Register of Property of
has occupied the same
Cultural Heritage Value
site since 1811, became
U.S.S. # 2 from Markham
and Vaughan townships
in 1846. Present building
the 1926 building with
1953 addition. Cairn on
front lawn holds date
stones from 1892. Date
stone for 1926 on
northeast corner of
building.
This building is noted on
the Thornhill Settlement
Village plaque (BHR 5).
4.
BHR
Historical
Plaque
East side of
Yonge Street at
Royal Orchard
Boulevard in
parking lot for
No. 8010
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
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Station
Commemorative plaque
for the “Thornhill
Settlement Village” and
“Holy Trinity Burying
Ground”.
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Thornhill
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
5.
CHL
Category
Location
Thornhill
Historical
Settlement
HCD runs
along the west
side of Yonge
Street from
Thornhill
Avenue in the
north to Arnold
Street in the
south, City of
Vaughan.
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
Royal Orchard
Station
and
Clark Station
Description
Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation
District includes
buildings, streets and
open spaces that enhance
the unique character of
the historic settlement,
some of which are
designated or listed as
heritage resources.
Heritage Recognition
Photograph/Map
HCD designated under
Part V of the Ontario
Heritage Act. Vaughan
Thornhill Heritage
Conservation Inventory
2007 indicates the
following properties
within the HCD are
individually designated
under Part IV OHA: Nos.
7788, 7780, and 8038.
The following listed
Yonge Street properties
within the HCD are on
Vaughan's Register of
Property of Cultural
Heritage Value: 7665,
7616, 7636, 7666, 7714,
7716 & 7724, 7808, 7822,
8000 and 8064.
No. 7788 Yonge Street
may have a municipal
conservation easement, to
be confirmed by
municipality.
The Ontario Heritage
Trust holds a conservation
easement for No.7780
Yonge Street.
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
6.
BHR
Category
Residence
Location
No. 8038
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
Royal Orchard
Station
Description
Heritage Recognition
2 storey brick, NeoClassical style residence,
built for David Soules
c1830. Now part of a
residential development.
This property survives
from the 'original' village
and is noted on the
Thornhill Settlement
Village plaque (BHR 3).
Designated under Part IV
of the Ontario Heritage
Act and located within the
Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation
District
Photograph/Map
[Source: Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation Inventory]
.
7.
CHL
Church &
Cemetery
Nos. 8010 and
8018 Yonge
Street, City of
Vaughan.
Royal Orchard
Station
Baptist Church (No.
8010), originally built as
parish hall for Holy
Trinity Anglican Church.
Holy Trinity Church
moved from site in 1950.
Commemorative plaque
for the Thornhill
Settlement Village and
Holy Trinity Burying
Ground and Holy Trinity
Cemetery (No. 8018) in
parking lot at Yonge
Street. The oldest
headstone dates from
1804.
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designated under Part V of
the Ontario Heritage Act,
and No. 8010, included in
the Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation
Inventory 2007.
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[Source: Vaughan Thornhill
of Historic Thornhill
Heritage Conservation Inventory].
plaque.
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
Category
Location
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
8.
BHR
Former
Residence
No. 8000
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
Royal Orchard
Station
9.
BHR
Historical
Plaque
Southeast
corner John
Street and
Yonge Street,
City of
Vaughan.
N/A
Description
Heritage Recognition
2 storey frame house in
Neo-Classical style,
altered and now in
commercial use.
Mortimer House was
built in 1834 for the first
Pastor of Holy Trinity
Church. This property
survives from the
'original' village and is
noted on the Thornhill
Settlement Village
plaque (BHR 3).
Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation
District designated under
Part V of the Ontario
Heritage Act, included in
the Vaughan Thornhill
Heritage Conservation
Inventory 2007, and listed
on Vaughan's Register of
Property of Cultural
Heritage Value.
Commemorative plaque
for the “Milburn
Tavern/Brewers Hollow”
(Side A) and “How
Thornhill Decided the
American Election of
1832 ” (Side B).
The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill plaque.
Photograph/Map
[Source: The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill].
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
10.
BHR
Category
Residence
Location
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
Royal Orchard
7951 Yonge
Street, Town of Station
Markham
Description
Residence in Edwardian
Classical style built
c1910.
Heritage Recognition
Photograph/Map
Listed on Markham
Register of Property of
Cultural Heritage Value
or Interest.
[Source: Markham Register of
Property of Cultural Heritage
Value or Interest].
11.
CHL
Thornhill
Historical
Settlement
Markham
Royal Orchard
Thornhill HCD, Station
Town of
Clark Station
Markham, runs
along the east
side of Yonge
Street from Bay
Thorn Drive in
the north to just
south of Elgin
Street in the
south. Town of
Markham.
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The heritage conservation
area includes buildings,
streets and open spaces
that enhance the unique
character of the area.
Designated under Part V
of the Ontario Heritage
Act. New ThornhillMarkham Heritage
Conservation District Plan
(2007) by-law with revised
Thornhill-Markham
Heritage Conservation
District Plan and District
Inventory (2007) approved
2007. Yonge Street sites
on Markham Register of
Property of Cultural
Heritage Value or Interest:
Nos. 7681, 7699, 7707,
7711, 7719, 7721, 7723,
7751, 7765, 7771, 7775,
7789, 7859 and 7877.
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
12.
BHR
Category
Historical
Plaque
Location
At No. 7751
Yonge Street,
east side just
south of
Thornhill
Summit Drive,
City of
Vaughan.
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
N/A
Description
Heritage Trust plaque
commemorating the
founding of Thornhill.
Heritage Recognition
Photograph/Map
Ontario Heritage Trust.
[Source: The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill].
13.
BHR
Historical
Plaque
Lions Parkette,
northwest
corner Yonge
Street and
Centre Street,
City of
Vaughan.
N/A
Commemorative plaque
for the “Old Victoria
Hall/Mineral Springs
Bottling Plant” (Side A)
and “Mason Cogswell’s
Wagon Yard/Weigh
Scales” (Side B).
The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill plaque.
[Source: The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill].
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
14.
BHR
Category
Historical
Plaque
Location
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
Entrance to
N/A
Cricklewood
Park, east side
of Yonge Street
north of Centre
Street. City of
Vaughan.
Description
Commemorative plaque
for “Cricklewood”, once
a Georgain residence
built by Matthias Sanders
before 1813.
Heritage Recognition
Photograph/Map
The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill plaque.
[Source: The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill].
15.
BHR
Historical
Plaque
Entrance to
Cricklewood
Park, east side
of Yonge
Street, north of
Centre Street,
City of
Vaughan.
N/A
Commemorative plaque
for the “Radial Railway
Line”.
The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill plaque.
[Source: The Society of the
Preservation of Historic
Thornhill].
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
Category
Location
16.
BHR
Historical
Plaque
Description
Heritage Recognition
Commemorative plaque
erected in 1996 for
community of
Newtonbrook.
Corporation of the City of
North York plaque.
17.
BHR
Commercial 5926 Yonge
Cummer/Drewry
Station
Street at
Drewry Street,
City of
Toronto.
Northwest
corner of
Drewry and
Yonge Street,
City of
Toronto.
Former Newtonbrook
Store, now a Coffee
Time outlet, much
altered.
Listed on Toronto
Heritage Properties
Inventory.
18.
BHR
Commercial 5925 Yonge
Street at
Cummer
Street, City of
Toronto.
Cummer/Drewry
Station
Commercial building,
possibly c1960s.
No. 5800
Yonge Street,
west side at
the north end
of the Toronto
Hydro
building, City
of Toronto.
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Location of
Station Facility
N/A
Photograph/Map
No photograph
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TABLE 1: IDENTIFIED BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES (BHR) AND CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES (CHL)
ON THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR (continued)
Site
#
Resource
Type
19.
20.
Category
Historical
Plaque
BHR
Location
Potential
Location of
Station Facility
Cummer/Drewey
South side of
Cummer Ave., Station
east of Yonge
Street, at
Newtonbrook
United
Church, City
of Toronto.
Commercial 5915 Yonge
Street at
Cummer
Avenue, City
of Toronto.
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Cummer/Drewry
Station
Description
Commemorative plaque
the Rt. Hon. Lester
Bowles Pearson
Heritage Recognition
Ontario Heritage Trust
Photograph/Map
No Photograph
Modern architecture,
20th century grocery
store built c1960s built
as part of Newtonbrook
Plaza. Building has
white glazed brick walls
and distinctive V shaped
roofline.
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR SUBWAY STATION SITES AND
HERITAGE SENSITIVITIES
Following a review of the proposed Yonge Subway Extension Conceptual Design
(November 2008) the following sensitivities in regard to the built heritage resources and
cultural heritage landscapes identified in Table I have been summarized below.
Richmond Hill Centre (RHC) Station
o No anticipated impacts.
Langstaff/Longbridge Station
o Entrance on the west side of Yonge Street opposite Holy Cross Cemetery; therefore no
anticipated impacts.
Royal Orchard Station
o Located within the Vaughan Thornhill Heritage Conservation District. City of Vaughan
may require a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA). The need for this will be determined
during detail design, based on the specific of the impact and consultation with the City
of Vaughan.
o Station footprint located within the Vaughan Thornhill Heritage Conservation District,
and specifically in front of the No. 8000 Yonge Street, a Part IV OHA designated
property and the Baptist Church on west side of Yonge Street at No. 8010 Yonge
Street. City of Vaughan may require a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA). The need
for this will be determined during detail design, based on the specific of the impact and
consultation with the City of Vaughan.
o
A vent shaft area is located in front of the Baptist Church on west side of Yonge Street
at No. 8010 Yonge Street and entrance to the Old Thornhill Cemetery located within
the Vaughan Thornhill Heritage Conservation District. City of Vaughan may require a
Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA). The need for this will be determined during detail
design, based on the specific of the impact and consultation with the City of Vaughan.
o Vent shaft area adjacent to No. 7951 Yonge Street, which is listed on the Markham
Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest. Town of Markham may
require a Heritage Impact Statement (HIA). The need for this will be determined during
detail design, based on the specific of the impact and consultation with the Town of
Markham.
Unterman McPhail Associates
Heritage Resource Management Consultants
January 2009
Existing Condition Report: Built Heritage & Cultural Heritage Landscapes
Yonge Subway Extension Study from Finch Avenue to Highway 407
Town of Richmond Hill, City of Toronto
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Cummer/Drewry Station
o Entrance area on location of No. 5925 Yonge Street, a property identified as having
some heritage value, but not listed or designated. Heritage evaluation of the building
may be required by the City of Toronto.
o
Station footprint located in front of No. 5926 Yonge Street, which listed in the
Toronto Heritage Properties Inventory. City of Toronto may require a Heritage Impact
Assessment (HIA). The need for this will be determined during detail design, based on
the specific of the impact and consultation with the City of Toronto.
Clark Station
o No anticipated impacts.
Steeles Avenue Station
o No anticipated impacts.
Unterman McPhail Associates
Heritage Resource Management Consultants
January 2009