The evolution of Kingston, Ontario's "Mile of History".

 Convert the area into another "Upper Canada Village"but featuring all of the Corrections Canada landscapes, towers and buildings; the local pubs; Garrigan Park; the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, etc. Apparently the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes is being relocated to the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana are dressed in Klondike outfits during a visit to Fort Edmonton, Alberta in 1983.

1.) Celebrate the accomplishments of prison reformer Agnes Macphail, who was Canada's first female Member of Federal Parliament. Agnes Macphail visited the Kingston Pen after a riot, and made 88 recommendations that humanized/improved conditions in the prison.

2.)  Recognize the role of Kingston Pen inmates in the creation of the Village of Portsmouth.

3.)  Snow globes.

4.) Create a buffer zone around the Pen, P4W, Rockwood Asylum, Church of the Good Thief, St. Helen's, and the Corrections Canada buildings on Union Street so that views will not be obstructed. Ban the construction of residential housing and commercial establishments on buffer zones., including the 100-acre Provincial Campus where Rockwood Asylum is located.

5.) Preserve all of the perimeter walls and guard towers at the "The Big House." According to the document "Kingston Visioning":
-at least one perimeter wall at the Pen will be demolished, to facilitate views of Lake Ontario; and the guard towers will be knocked down if they get in the way of residential construction.
According to the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office document pertaining to "The Big House":
THE WALLS AND TOWERS
The walls and towers at Kingston Penitentiary are essential and defining functional elements of the institution...The walls and towers constitute the aspects of the prison best known to the public, but they may not be buildings in the judgement of the FHBRO assessment committee...the walls averaged 25 feet in height and consisted of roughly dressed blocks of limestone from the yard quarries...The towers, all of similar design, were of the circular or bastion, type and were derived from 17th and 18th century military prototypes. They featured umbrella-shaped roofs (that of the west tower was crowned by a stone ball, smooth stone surfaces marked by decorative work at the openings, and narrow window slits which provided views (and a gun-sight)bof both the yard and the walls. (From: Page 52, Federal Heritage Building Review Office report on Kingston Penitentiary.)
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6.) Maps

7.) Save the Workshops Dome and connected buildings that are part of KP:

The Workshops Dome and connected buildings will be the focus of extensive redevelopment.

8.)  The Federal Government of Canada and Corrections Canada have banned all residential and commercial construction on land surrounding the Kingston Penitentiary:

Portsmouth Olympic Harbour and Penitentiary land---now.

The Penitentiary land within the red lines will remain public, Google the article "Kingston Penitentiary Harbourfront Property-CSC-SCC."..."After the environmental assessment and risk assessment were completed clean-up options were presented to CSC. The option chosen was to excavate and replace the impacted soil, so that the land could be revitalized and restored to green space. The remediated area will no longer be leased for boat slips or for long-term boat storage, so the refreshed space will be open for the public to have access to and enjoy!" June 29, 2015.