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REPORT FOR ACTION Alterations to a Designated Heritage Property - 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway) Date: May 17, 2018 To: Toronto Preservation Board Scarborough Community Council From: Director, Urban Design, City Planning Wards: Ward 43, Scarborough East SUMMARY This report recommends that City Council endorse the conservation strategy generally described for the property located at 201 Guildwood Parkway (including the property known as 191 Guildwood Parkway) to allow for the rehabilitation of Building 191 as the Clark Centre for the Arts, a City operated arts and culture facility. RECOMMENDATIONS The Director, Urban Design, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the rehabilitation of the existing Building 191 as an arts and cultural facility on the lands known municipally in the year 2018 as 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway) with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 24, 2017 and revised May 10, 2018, prepared by Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd, dated July 2017 and revised May 2018, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway), the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Alterations to a Designated Property - 201 Guildwood Parkway Page 1 of 23 Heritage Impact Assessment for 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway), prepared by Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd., dated July 2017 and revised May 2018, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 2. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 3. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Preservation Services. 4. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 5. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway), including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 201 Guildwood Parkway (including 191 Guildwood Parkway), prepared by Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd., dated July 2017 and revised May 2018, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.1 and b.1, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 2. That prior to a permit for first occupancy the owner shall: a. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of Alterations to a Designated Property - 201 Guildwood Parkway Page 2 of 23 conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. FINANCIAL IMPACT There are no financial implications resulting from the adoption of this report. DECISION HISTORY On May 12, 1999, the City of Toronto enacted By-law No. 266-1999 designating the property at 201 Guildwood Parkway as being of historical value or interest. http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/1999/law0266.pdf At its meeting of June 14, 15 and 16, 2005, Toronto City Council amended designating by-law 266-1999 for the subject property under the Ontario Heritage Act to include Building 191 and the Sculpture Studio. http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2005/agendas/committees/sc/sc050531/it004.pdf At its meeting of August 25, 26, 27, and 28, 2014, Toronto City Council endorsed a conservation strategy for the Guild Inn on the subject property that rehabilitated the building for use as a restaurant, banquet hall, and conference and event centre. The designating by-law and statement of significance were also amended and additional cultural heritage attributes including landscape features and views were added as heritage attributes. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2014.SC34.19 BACKGROUND Development Proposal The subject property at 201 Guildwood Parkway is owned by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and is under long-term lease to the City of Toronto. The site is known as the Guild Park and Gardens and is operated by the City as a public Park. In 2014 Council endorsed the rehabilitation the Guild Inn for use as a restaurant, banquet hall, and conference and event centre. The original central building of the Guild Inn, the Bickford House, was restored, later additions were removed, and new wings were constructed to facilitate the new use. The banquet hall and conference and event centre, the Guild Inn Estate, is under long-term lease and opened in 2017. The current proposal is for the adaptive reuse of Building 191 as a City of Toronto Arts and Cultural facility to be known as the Clark Centre for the Arts. Building 191 is located on the western portion of the property west of the Bickford House. The Alterations to a Designated Property - 201 Guildwood Parkway Page 3 of 23 applicant has submitted a Site Plan application (17 232793 ESC 43 SA) that would see a third-storey addition added to the existing two storey building. The existing lobby and mechanical room would be removed and a new two-storey glazed lobby would be built in its place. The interior of the existing building would be modified to suite its new use. The Site Plan application is currently under review by the City Planning Division. Heritage Resources The property at 201 Guildwood Parkway is designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value, and meets the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the three categories of design, associative and contextual values. Located on the south side of Guildwood Parkway (in the Guildwood neighbourhood southwest of Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue) where it overlooks the Scarborough Bluffs and Lake Ontario, the Guild Inn is a significant landscaped open space in Scarborough that includes four historic buildings, a collection of outdoor sculpture and important views. The Guild Inn (Guild Park and Gardens) has cultural heritage value as a unique place in Toronto where a group of historic buildings associated with the city's cultural development is set in open space and parkland overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs. The structures are adjoined by a collection of outdoor public art, with both the buildings and the sculpture situated to terminate significant views. The centrepiece of the Guild Inn is the Bickford House (1914), which was designed for Ranelagh Park, Colonel Harold Child Bickford's country estate. The Bickford House is an important example of an early 20th century country house in Scarborough that was designed in the Period Revival style with Arts and Crafts detailing. Acquired in 1932 and expanded as the nucleus of the Guild of All Arts, the Bickford House is complemented by the Sculpture Cabin (1940, by Danish wood sculptor, Aage Madsen), and Building 191 (completed in 1963 as an office and art repository), which were specifically commissioned for the site. The property contains the Osterhaut Cabin, a log cabin that purportedly dates to the late 18th century, stands as one of the oldest surviving structures in Toronto, and contributed in the 20th century to the artistic endeavours at the Guild Inn. The associative value of the Guild Inn relates to its links to the cultural history of Toronto as the place where the Guild of All Arts