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Balancing priorities
The Selby is a successful example of a fully constructed tower addition to a heritage building. The 50-storey tower is stepped-back completely behind the houseform building, and the cantilever is very high up, where it is barely perceptible from the street. Photo: Michael Seaman
Published in
February 2024
- Page 14
Since the Ontario Heritage Act was enacted on March 5, 1975, the policy and legislative framework for heritage in the province has largely been based on achieving a balance between heritage and new development. The guidelines and policies through much of this time aligned with this approach.
In recent years, however, pushed by consumer demand and the provincial legislative response to the housing crisis, the scale of redevelopment in urban centres, where most
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