Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Report
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Toronto Transit Commission / City of Toronto EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT TRANSIT PROJECT ASSESSMENT STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT REPORT APPENDIX C – CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT REPORT: ASSESSMENT REPORT: BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES & BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES & CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR A TRANSIT PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR A TRANSIT PROJECT ASSESSMENT STUDY PROJECT ASSESSMENT STUDY EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) MARTIN GROVE ROAD TO KENNEDY TTC STATION MARTIN GROVE ROAD TO KENNEDY TTC STATION LESTER B. PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXTENSION LESTER B. PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXTENSION CITY OF TORONTO CITY OF TORONTO CITY OF MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO CITY OF MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO February 2010 February 2010 Prepared for: Prepared for: Transit City Group Transit City Group Prepared by: Prepared by: Unterman McPhail Associates Heritage Resource Management Consultants 540 Runnymede Road Toronto, Ontario, M6S 2Z7 Tel: 416-766-7333 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 Page 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES 2 Figure 1. Location of Lester B. Pearson International Airport 2.1 Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) 3 Extension Study Corridor, City of Toronto [TTC, 2009]. 1 2.2 Transit Projects Regulation (Ontario Regulation 231/08) 4 Figure 2: Location of Eglinton Crosstown LRT Study Corridor, City of 2.3 Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) 4 Toronto [TTC, 2009]. 2 2.4 Ministry of Tourism and Culture 5 3.0 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 6 3.1 Introduction 6 3.2 Public Consultation and Recognition 7 LIST OF TABLES 4.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 8 4.1 Township of Etobicoke, Township of York and Township of Page Scarborough, County of York 8 4.1.1 Former Hamlets and Villages 18 Figure 1. Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT): Lester B. 4.2 Township of Toronto Gore and Toronto Township, County of Peel 19 Pearson Airport Extension Identified Cultural Heritage 4.2.1 Hamlets and Villages 22 Landscapes (CHL) and Built Heritage Resources (BHR) 4.3 Lester B. Pearson International Airport 23 Within and Adjacent to the Study Corridor. 33 Table 2: Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT): Martin Grove 5.0 IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES Road to Kennedy Road Identified Cultural Heritage AND BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES 24 Landscapes (CHL) and Built Heritage Resources (BHR) 5.1 Introduction 24 Within and Adjacent to the Study Corridor. 35 5.2 Description of the Existing Environment 24 Table 3: Potential Impacts to Cultural Heritage Resources due to 5.2.1 Lester B. Person International Airport Extension 24 Station Sites, Platforms and Transit Related Infrastructure on 5.2.2 Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC 26 Road to Kennedy TTC Study Corridor. 77 5.3 Description of Identified Cultural Heritage Resources 31 5.3.1 Lester B. Person International Airport Extension 31 5.3.2 Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC 34 6.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS 6.1 Introduction 75 6.2 Lester B. Person International Airport Extension 75 6.3 Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC 76 6.4 Future Mitigation Commitments 76 SOURCES APPENDIX A: Historical Maps Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Report Page 1 Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Report Page 2 Built Heritage Resources & Cultural Heritage Landscapes Built Heritage Resources & Cultural Heritage Landscapes Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC Station Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC Station Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension Preliminary Planning for a Transit Project Assessment Study Preliminary Planning for a Transit Project Assessment Study City of Toronto and City of Mississauga, Ontario City of Toronto and City of Mississauga, Ontario 1.0 INTRODUCTION Transit City Group (TCG) retained Unterman McPhail Associates to conduct a cultural heritage landscape and built heritage assessment on behalf of the TTC for the planning and preliminary design study for the study corridor from Martin Grove Road in the west along Eglinton Avenue to Kennedy Road in the east. The report includes the associated Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension study corridor. The study follows the Ontario’s Transit Project Assessment process (TPA) in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings (Transit Projects Regulation). The transit project assessment process applies to selected transit projects as identified in the regulation and exempts other transit projects from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. The process under the regulation requires public sector proponents to assess negative impacts of their chosen transit project, identify appropriate mitigation measures and to undertake consultation. Proponents must also make available any information or documentation done for any pre- planning work undertaken which lead them to select the transit project. This Cultural Heritage Assessment Report (CHAR) forms part of the Environmental Project Report (EPR). Figure 2: Location of Eglinton Crosstown LRT Study Corridor, City of Toronto [TTC, 2009]. Ultimately the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which is approximately 31 kilometres in length, will run from Kennedy TTC Station in the east to the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in the west. For the Martin Grove Road to Kennedy Road section it is proposed that the LRT will operate at surface in the centre of Eglinton Avenue from Martin Grove Road to Black Creek and from Leslie Street to Kennedy Road. It is proposed the route will be underground between Keele Street and Leslie Street. 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES The need for the identification, evaluation, management and conservation of Ontario's heritage is acknowledged as an essential component of environmental assessment and municipal planning in Ontario. For the most part, the analysis of cultural heritage resources in the study area addresses those above-ground, person-made heritage resources over 40 years old. The application of this rolling forty year principle is an accepted federal and provincial practice for the Figure 1: Location of Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension Study Corridor, City of preliminary identification of cultural heritage resources that may be of heritage value. Its Toronto [TTC, 2009]. application does not imply however that all built heritage resources or cultural heritage Unterman McPhail Associates February 2010 Unterman McPhail Associates February 2010 Heritage Resource Management Consultants Heritage Resource Management Consultants Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Report Page 3 Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Report Page 4 Built Heritage Resources & Cultural Heritage Landscapes Built Heritage Resources & Cultural Heritage Landscapes Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC Station Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Martin Grove Road to Kennedy TTC Station Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension Lester B. Pearson International Airport Extension Preliminary Planning for a Transit Project Assessment Study Preliminary Planning for a Transit Project Assessment Study City of Toronto and City of Mississauga, Ontario City of Toronto and City of Mississauga, Ontario landscapes that are over forty years old are worthy of the same levels of protection or any information or documentation done for any pre-planning work undertaken which lead preservation. them to select the transit project. 2.1 Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) Proponents are required to complete an Environmental Project Report (EPR) to document Environmental assessments are undertaken under the Ontario Environmental Assessment the results of the process and the consultation undertaken. Regulated timelines apply to Act. The EAA provides for the protection, conservation and wise management of the six month process. Once EPR is complete, members of the public and others have an Ontario’s environment. It defines environment in a broad sense that includes natural, opportunity to submit an objection to the Minister about the project if there are negative social, cultural, economic and built environments. This broad definition of the impacts on a matter of provincial importance or an Aboriginal right. The Minister may environment makes the assessment of the impact of the undertaking on cultural heritage give notice allowing a project to proceed (with or without conditions) or may require resources part of the standard environmental assessment process in Ontario. further study. If the Minister is not satisfied that additional information addresses the Environmental assessments made under the EAA therefore assess and address the impact identified matter of provincial importance or the Aboriginal rights issue, then the of the undertaking on cultural heritage resources. Minister may require the proponent to complete an individual EA for the project. The analysis throughout the study process addresses that part of the Environmental Section 10 (1) references cultural