Friday, December 14, 2018

Leave the Prison for Women alone.

According to a November 15, 2018 City of Kingston report, a company wants to dig up the land surrounding the prison.
The redevelopment of the Prison for Women will never happen. Either the United Nations or the Province of Ontario will intervene and protect the former Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Do local politicians not read newspapers or Internet articles or petitions? Do they realize how many people are fighting to save our penitentiary and architectural history? Anyone who tries to remove the bars and walls from the Prison should be arrested and charged with vandalism. And I will travel to Kingston to stop any bulldozers from disturbing the P4W grounds.

The Government of Canada supports UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund - March 28, 2018 - "The Government of Canada has announced this week a contribution of 200,000 dollars to the Heritage Emergency Fund, in support to UNESCO' s work in the areas of preparedness and response to emergencies affecting cultural heritage." The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Cultural Heritage.
Prison for Women. See the YouTube video called "P4W walls coming down." (Photo from Wikipedia).
A representative from the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau signed the UN Convention for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage treaty in 1976. The Village of Portsmouth, where  the Corrections Canada properties are located, meets all the criteria for designation as a United Nations World Heritage Site.
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Staff at the City of Kingston contacted a heritage preservation committee when they discovered that Corrections Canada was decommissioning 440 and 442 King Street West:
"Once the Federal Government ceases to own St. Helen's and Stone Gables, the federal heritage protection will be removed, making it susceptible to possible demolition or remodeling. Staff feel it is imperative that these properties be given heritage designation prior to their sale, to ensure the conservation and protection of this cultural heritage asset. (From: MHC-14-067-City of Kingston.)
Prison for Women. A card that I purchased from the Penitentiary Museum, across the street from Kingston Pen. From: Ballow Perspectives Drawing @ Painting.

Stone Gables.


                   













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