Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Don Mills Crossing
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Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Don Mills Crossing Prepared for the City of Toronto January 24, 2019 Acknowledgements The project team would like to thank the City Planning Division (Strategic Initiatives, Policy & Analysis and Heritage Preservation Services) for their guidance in carrying out this study. The project team would also like to thank the North York Community Preservation Panel who shared their feedback during the project. Thank you for your time and contributions. Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment City of Toronto, Ontario Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary.......................................................................................................................... vii 1.0 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Location and Study Area Description .................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Study Process .........................................................................................................................4 2.1 Study Team ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Background Document Review ............................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Spatial Data Received and Assessed ..................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Potential Heritage Properties Identified in Background Materials ........................................................ 7 2.5 Public and Stakeholder Engagement ................................................................................................... 12 2.5.1 February 26, 2018: North York Community Preservation Panel ................................................................ 12 2.5.2 October 13, 2016: Don Mills Crossing Study Launch & Public Meeting ..................................................... 12 2.5.3 June 27 & 28, 2017: Don Mills Crossing Study Emerging Public Realm Plan Meeting and Open House ... 13 2.5.4 September 27, 2017: Don Mills Crossing Study and Celestica Lands Development Application Community Meeting, Open House, and Breakout Discussions ..................................................................................... 13 2.5.5 April 19, 2018: Don Mills Crossing Study Open House on Proposed Policy Directions and Mobility Plan Preferred Solution ..................................................................................................................................... 14 3.0 Planning Initiatives and Studies ............................................................................................. 14 3.1 Don Mills Crossing Study .................................................................................................................... 14 4.0 History and Evolution of the Study Area ................................................................................ 17 4.1 Physiography ...................................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Indigenous Land Use and Settlement (13,000 B.P. – Present) ............................................................. 18 4.3 Township Survey and Agricultural Settlement (1791-1940s) ............................................................... 21 4.4 Suburban Development (1940s-1969) ................................................................................................. 25 4.4.1 International Business Machines (I.B.M.) Canada (1951; 1967) ................................................................ 26 4.4.2 Don Mills (1952-1965) ................................................................................................................................ 27 4.4.3 Flemingdon Park (1959-1964) .................................................................................................................... 29 4.4.4 The Don Valley Parkway (1961-1964) ........................................................................................................ 32 4.4.5 Second Phase of Development at Flemingdon Park (1964-1970) .............................................................. 32 4.4.6 Science Centre (1966-1969) ....................................................................................................................... 33 4.5 Post-1970 Development (1970-present) ............................................................................................. 33 5.0 Modernism in Toronto .......................................................................................................... 34 5.1 The Emergence of Modernism ............................................................................................................ 35 5.2 Materials and Construction Methods ................................................................................................. 36 5.3 Landscape Design and Site Layout ...................................................................................................... 37 5.4 Development of Modernism in Toronto After the Second World War ................................................ 44 5.4.1 Modernism in North York and the Don Mills Crossing C.H.R.A. Study Area .............................................. 46 5.5 Property Types ................................................................................................................................... 48 5.5.1 Clean Industry and Headquarters .............................................................................................................. 49 Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment City of Toronto, Ontario Page ii 5.5.2 Flemingdon Park Residential Area ............................................................................................................. 55 5.5.3 Other Property Types ................................................................................................................................. 60 5.6 Architects, Builders and Designers Associated with Properties within the Study Area ........................ 61 5.6.1 Abram, Nowski and McLaughlin Architects and Planners .......................................................................... 62 5.6.2 Gordon S. Adamson and Associates ........................................................................................................... 63 5.6.3 Boigon and Heinonen, Architects ............................................................................................................... 63 5.6.4 Bregman and Hamann Architects .............................................................................................................. 64 5.6.5 Craig, Zeidler and Strong, Architects .......................................................................................................... 64 5.6.6 Crang and Boake, Architects ...................................................................................................................... 65 5.6.7 Irving Grossman, Architect ......................................................................................................................... 65 5.6.8 Macklin Hancock, Urban Planner and Landscape Architect ....................................................................... 65 5.6.9 John Arthur Layng, Architect ...................................................................................................................... 66 5.6.10 Levine and Lawrence Architects ................................................................................................................. 66 5.6.11 Raymond Mandel ....................................................................................................................................... 67 5.6.12 Raymond Moriyama, Architect .................................................................................................................. 67 5.6.13 Ogus and Fisher, Architect ......................................................................................................................... 67 5.6.14 Page and Steele, Architect ......................................................................................................................... 67 5.6.15 John B. Parkin Associates Architects .......................................................................................................... 68 5.6.16 S.D.F. Reszetnik, Architect .......................................................................................................................... 68 5.6.17 Sirlin and Kelman Architects ...................................................................................................................... 68 5.6.18 Somerville, McMurrich and Oxley, Architects ............................................................................................ 69 5.6.19 Webb Zerafa Menkes, Architects ............................................................................................................... 69 6.0 Cultural Heritage Landscape Characteristics and Surrounding Context .................................... 69 7.0 Archaeological Potential ....................................................................................................... 76 8.0 Character Areas ...................................................................................................................