DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT: Preserving the Past Before It's Too Late
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On the occasion of our annual Bob and Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to present an important panel presentation on Demolition By Neglect, one of the most vexatious problems of built heritage conservation.
Our heritage buildings are non-renewable resources and important physical reminders of our city’s past. Four panelists will look at various causes of demolition by neglect—from wilful abandonment to costs of rehabilitation—consider possible solutions, and share examples of both positive and negative situations in our city.
A question and answer period will follow the presentation.
Lesley Collins, RPP, MCIP, CAHP is the Program Manager of the Heritage Planning Branch at the City of Ottawa. She has a Master’s of Science in Planning from the University of Toronto and has worked as a Heritage Planner since 2006. She joined the City of Ottawa in 2009 where she has worked on many complex files. Lesley is passionate about heritage conservation and very concerned about the occurrence of demolition by neglect where it occurs in our city.
Jack Hanna is a retired teacher with a passion for history and a longtime resident of Centretown where he has been deeply involved with the Centretown Community Association. He is currently Chair of its Heritage Committee. Jack actively champions for heritage conservation in the area and helps raise awareness by leading walking tours and advocating for livable, well-designed development in the neighbourhood.
Heather Mitchell is a retired public servant and film/television actor working under the name Heather Tod Mitchell. A resident of Westboro for over 25 years, she served on the board of the Island Park Community Association and is currently Vice-Chair of the Heritage and Outreach Committee of the Westboro Community Association. Heather was motivated to participate in Heritage Ottawa's Demolition by Neglect working group by "the systematic destruction" of the area's heritage buildings and her goal of seeing what remains conserved and repurposed.
Linda Hoad is a long-standing member of the board of Heritage Ottawa and its Advocacy Committee. As Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee, the more activist arm of the organization, she is in contact with local community associations about the heritage challenges they are facing. A longtime resident of Hintonburg, Linda has been an active participant on its Zoning Committee. She is also a former member and Chair of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment.
