The Riverdale Walkers

WE ARE
opposed to the demolition of a modern iconic building, the environmental waste, 75,000 tons of green house gases and the selling of public parkland
The Riverdale Walkers

The Half Round is regarded as a significant Architectural Landmark and one of Toronto’s great modern buildings from the 1960’s

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It is a one-of-a-kind, architecturally significant, sound structure and for these reasons should be saved.

What will happen to East Chinatown?

Historically the city of Toronto has been ignorant of the importance of our historical and otherwise significant architecture and has been terribly negligent in preserving it.  We’ve got to change this before our buildings of significance are gone.

The Preservation Board wanted to re-open the file but the Chair said no.

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"The irony - The inclusion..."

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None of us want to lose the half-round

Residents fight land swap involving hospital

“Bridgepoint is planning the largest redevelopment Riverdale has ever seen” says Councillor Fletcher to Admin. Committee

Riled locals find opening in last-ditch effort to save Riverdale landmark

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The Bridgepoint Parkland Sale and Transfer

There was
no debate

Where is the NDP “Green Standard”?
The environmental waste from the demolition of a structurally sound, re-useable building will cost taxpayers up to 2 million or more. It will create 75,000 tons of green house gases. Councillor Fletcher who supported the Portland campaign signs, say “Breathe Much”. Ironically her Ward, Toronto-Danforth has the worst air in all of Toronto as reported in Now magazine earlier this year. Toronto-Danforth has been an NDP stronghold for 30 years and our air is the worst. How then can Councillor Fletcher who pushed for this Bridgepoint deal, which was supported by all NDP councillors, demolish a perfectly sound reusable building creating 75,000 tons of green house gases? Where is the NDP “Green Standard” now? Where is the NDP’s environmental assessment?

Environmental Waste

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The Half-Round landmark may be:

My plea to save the Bridgepoint Half-Round is for the same reason that we put great value in the arts.  Things that are created with great skill and craft, that are daring and beautiful, that are of historical significance, that make us think and feel, inspire us both consciously and subconsciously every time we are in their presence; in the case of a city’s architecture it’s every time we leave our homes.  By example these achievements encourage us to be and do the best that we can.  The architecture of our city is the environment in which we exist and therefore has tremendous importance in our lives.  Consider that the world that we create for ourselves defines who we are and at the same time reflects who we are.
 
Previous to moving to South Riverdale I lived in the Merchandise Building at 155 Dalhousie St, formerly the Sears warehouse.  If that city block sized building can be converted into one of the most prestigious addresses in the city surely the Half-Round on the Don Valley with it’s dazzling city and sunset views can do the same.

Bret Culp
Riverdale Resident

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