Hēritage Magazine
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The only national quarterly magazine dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of Canada’s historic places. Discover a wealth of interesting and informative feature articles, indepth coverage of current heritage issues, and entertaining success stories that celebrate places that matter to Canadians, while highlighting the people who help to keep them alive.
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Inside our current issue:
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Hidden in Plain View – Hydro Substations as urban imposters - Is there one hiding out in your neighbourhood? Let us know about interesting substation designs in your area, or post a photo to our Flickr page! |
Celebrating the Heritage of Power Generation
Canada is the second largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world, and there is an impressive legacy of unique purpose-built structures right across the country to show for it. From small-scale rural installations to large hydro-electric generating plants, dams and substations, these power structures form an important part of our Canadian landscape.
By Sheila Ascroft
A Winnipeg-Winner – Heritage conversion brings needed housing to the core
Just steps away from the Peg’s famous intersection of Portage and Main, the tired old Avenue and Hample buildings have been refashioned and relaunched as Avenue + Hample, residential and commercial properties with a modern twist.
By Carolyn Quinn
Faces and Places
The Indomitable Jane Nicholson: Thinking Big in Annapolis Royal
Jane Nicholson is fascinated by transformation. Her one-woman company, Mrs. Nicholson Inc., has two award-winning projects in Nova Scotia to its credit and several new initiatives under way. An immigrant to Canada with her family in 1956, she remembers arriving with three suitcases and not much else. “I learned at an early age to see the beauty in other people’s leftovers.”
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