Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Endangered Canadian buildings and landscapes.

1.)  Land behind the Chateau Laurier Hotel - Ottawa.
2.)  The Central Experimental Farm - Ottawa.
3.)  The Kingston Penitentiary - Kingston, Ontario.
4.)  The Prison for Women - Kingston, Ontario.
5.)  The Rockwood Asylum - Kingston, Ontario.
6.)  Land that borders the Rideau Canal. A decommissioned water treatment plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario is being marketed as an important site for redevelopment.
7.)  The former Guelph Reformatory,which is being sold by the real estate arm of the Ontario government Infrastructure Ontario.
8.)  The former Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital is an Infrastructure Ontario property.
9.)  The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Photo Equatorial Building and South Azimuth Building located near Carling Avenue - Ottawa.
10.)  The former London Psychiatric Hospital was recently sold by Infrastructure Ontario. Dr. Richard M. Bucke was a pioneering Canadian psychiatrist and mystic who practiced at the hospital for decades. Dr. Bucke wrote "Cosmic Consciousness- a Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind".  A 1990's movie called "Beautiful Dreamers" documents the life of  the psychiatrist who treated patients at the hospital humanely. Actor Colm Feore portrayed the doctor and Rip Torn was American poet Walt Whitman.
11.)  Portsmouth Olympic Harbour - Kingston, Ontario.
12.)  Collin's Bay Institution near Kingston.
13.)  Former Almonte, Ontario post office.
14.)  Perth, Ontario jail.








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