Cultural Heritage Impact Statement Ottawa Public Library/Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility 555 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON
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Cultural Heritage Impact Statement Ottawa Public Library/Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility 555 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON Prepared for: Ralph Wiesbrock, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP Partner / Principal KWC Architects Inc. 383 Parkdale Avenue, suite 201 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4R4 T: 613-238-2117 ext. 225 C: 613-728-5800 E: [email protected] Submitted by: Julie Harris, CAHP, Principal & Heritage Specialist, Contentworks Inc. E: [email protected] T: 613 730-4059 Date: 17 June 2020 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 ABOUT THE CHIS ........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 SOURCES .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 DEVELOPMENT SITE ...................................................................................................................................... 3 2 HERITAGE RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS AND HISTORIES ........................................................ 9 2.1 FORMAL MUNICIPAL RECOGNITIONS .......................................................................................................... 9 2.2 OTHER HERITAGE ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................... 19 3.1 DESIGNERS ................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 OVERVIEW OF THE BUILDING PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 19 3.3 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND STYLE ...................................................................................................... 22 3.4 OUTDOOR SPACES AND LANDSCAPE ........................................................................................................ 23 3.5 CIRCULATION (EXTERIOR) ........................................................................................................................ 23 3.6 STREETSCAPES AND VIEWS ....................................................................................................................... 24 4 IMPACT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT................................................................................... 27 4.1 DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS ................................................................................................... 27 4.2 SUMMARY OF POSITIVE HERITAGE IMPACTS (CHIS GUIDELINES) .................................................... 29 4.3 ADVERSE HERITAGE IMPACTS (CHIS GUIDELINES) .............................................................................. 30 4.4 CONSIDERATION OF THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ...................................................................... 31 4.5 CONSIDERATION OF THE PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT ................................................................ 32 5 ALTERNATIVES, MITIGATION AND CONCLUSION................................................................. 33 5.1 ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................................................ 33 5.2 MITIGATION ................................................................................................................................................. 33 5.3 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................................. 34 APPENDIX 1: HERITAGE STATEMENTS AND OBJECTIVES .......................................................... 35 DRAFT STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE FOR THE OTTAWA WATER WORKS, LEBRETON FLATS – BYLAW 22-82 ............................................................................................................................................ 35 STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE- CITY WATERWORKS BUILDING AND AQUEDUCT, 10 FLEET STREET (1991; BYLAW 22-82) ............................................................................................................................ 39 STATEMENT OF REASON FOR DESIGNATION- 504 ALBERT STREET ................................................................ 39 STATEMENT OF REASON FOR DESIGNATION- 494 ALBERT STREET ................................................................ 40 STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE- POOLEY’S BRIDGE, 9 FLEET STREET ................................... 40 OBJECTIVES OF THE LORNE AVENUE HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ................................................... 40 17 June 2020 CHIS – OPL-LAC Joint Facility #: 20-CW-555 Page 1 1 Introduction 1.1 About the CHIS The City of Ottawa has requested a Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIS) prepared by a qualified heritage consultant to examine potential impacts from the construction of a new library as a joint facility for the City of Ottawa’s Ottawa Public Library and the federal Library and Archives Canada. The property is owned by the City of Ottawa. Section 4.6.1 of the City of Ottawa Official Plan has policies outlining when a CHIS may be required and provides evaluation requirements when a development has potential to: • Adversely impact the cultural heritage value of properties designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA); and • Adversely impact the cultural heritage value of districts designated under Part V of the OHA. The CHIS has been requested by the City to address potential impacts from the proposed development at 555 Albert Street on nearby heritage properties. The set of heritage properties consists of nine residences, an apartment building, the complex of Ottawa Waterworks structures (building, bridges and aqueduct), the Lorne Avenue Heritage Conservation District (HCD) and the Cathedral Hill HCD. The Ottawa Waterworks building is also subject to a heritage easement agreement with the Ontario Heritage Trust. The City also requested that the CHIS consider how features will be contributing to a better understanding and appreciation of the area’s history and Indigenous (Anishinabe Algonquin) context. The CHIS is focused exclusively on potential impacts from the project to build a new library and archives facility. A separate project to redesign Albert Street is also in progress. Cumulative impacts from the two projects on heritage values and properties are not considered in this CHIS. The CHIS is authored by Julie Harris, Contentworks Inc., CAHP.1 1.2 Sources In addition to sources mentioned in footnotes and three site visits undertaken by the author in May 2020, the following materials were used to prepare the CHIS: • Barry Padolsky Architect Ltd. et al. Ottawa Waterworks: The Aqueduct & Bridges at LeBreton Flats. Prepared for Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission. 1992. • City of Ottawa, Lorne Avenue Heritage Conservation District Study, 2006. • City of Ottawa, Pre-consultation Planning Department notes for 555 Albert Street, [2020], File PC2020-0106. • Contentworks Inc. and Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Cultural Heritage Evaluation, Old Booth Street Bridge, 9 Fleet Street, Ottawa, ON. July 2019. 1 Julie Harris, President, Contentworks Inc., is a Professional Member of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals. She has over 30 years of experience in heritage evaluation and historical research. She has been qualified as a witness in the field of heritage evaluation for the purposes of an OMB; served as a provincial appointee to the Conservation Review Board of Ontario; and conducted architectural histories for hundreds of buildings and landscapes for various government clients in Ontario and other parts of Canada. 17 June 2020 CHIS – OPL-LAC Joint Facility #: 20-CW-555 Page 2 • Diamond Schmitt Architects/KWC Architects Inc. Building-Architectural Plan, January 2020. • Diamond Schmitt Architects/PPS Studio. Landscape plans, January 2020. • Diamond Schmitt Architects/KWC Architects Inc., [Shadow study for 555 Albert Street.] [May 2020]. • Diamond Schmitt Architects/KWC Architects Inc., Ottawa Public Library/Library & Archives Canada Joint Facility, JDRP Report, 26 February 2020. • Fotenn Planning + Design, Planning Rationale + Design Brief in support of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment of 557 Wellington Street, 584/587 Wellington Street and 550 Albert Street, 26 March 2018. • Jenkins, Phil. An Acre of Time. Chelsea, Quebec: Chelsea Books, 2008. • National Capital Commission, Ottawa Public Library (OPL)/Library and Archives Canada (LAC) – Joint Facility Schematic Design and Public Engagement, ACPDR, May 16-17, 2020. Presentation. • National Capital Commission, LeBreton Flats Heritage Statement (Draft), 2014. • Ontario Heritage Trust, “Fleet Street Pumping Station,” online at www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fleet-street-pumping-station. The Fleet Street Pumping Station building is subject to an Ontario Heritage Trust heritage easement secured with the City of Ottawa in 1983. • Past Recovery Archaeological Services, Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment of LeBreton South, Parts Lots 39 & 40, Concession A, Ottawa Front. Prepared for the