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Oops! We Forgot It was forgetfulness rather than modesty when we failed to report in the last issue of Fife & Drum that Heritage Toronto gave Fort York: Adding New Buildings an Award of Merit in the Media Category as part of its 2006 Annual Heritage Awards. It making its selection the jury said: “This is an attractively produced publication that is both well-designed and full of impeccable scholarship. It provides and excellent prototype for other heritage advocacy publications.” Adding New Buildings was a joint effort by the Friends of Fort York; the Fort York Management Board and the City of Toronto Culture Division. The award was accepted by Jo Ann Pynn of Toronto Culture and Joe Gill, chair of the Friends, at a ceremony at The Carlu last October 30.
Adding New Buildings, available for reading on the Friends’ website <www.fortyork.ca> offers a rationale for adding buildings at the fort to provide needed space for offices, storerooms, lockers, staff showers and the like in anticipation of a larger number of visitors. Rather than one or two big structures that would overwhelm the fort, the report recommends several smaller ones. Those within the ramparts would be replicas of buildings that once stood there. City Council has approved the report in principle.
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