p4w plans - queen's eyes a new residence perhaps?
i've been doing some googling to see if i could find any more neato or interesting projects in the kingston area (and yes, i've heard about the transgenic mouse colony...) and came across this site that, while a bit dated, does explore kingston architecture over the years.
on the events page there are a few things worth noting that might have fallen through the civic cracks in lieu of even more heated debate surrounding lvec. the most intriguing one is the plans for the prison for women, that imposing concrete box out king st. the project is being led by 'canadian land company kingston' and basically entails getting rid of the wall and puttting up a bunch of either houses, apartments, condos or their ilk on the land. some of the proposals are shown below.
the building in the middle is the actual main prison house, the rest of the buildings surrounded by green would be brand new - in this version a mix of mostly houses with garages set to the back of the house and accessed via a secondary road at the back (top of the pic).
in this pic the houses are more "traditional" as they put it, with the garages out front leaving less space for more housing.
for those unfamiliar with the site here's a pic of the front, the buidling that remains the same in the two pics above.
the latest updates on the project are somewhat less satisfactory. queen's has decided it wants to expand even further and take upwards of 50% of the land (thus resulting in heavy cuts to the plans above).
here's what the june 2005 newsletter says about the nov 2004 meeting.
"Canada Lands had a public meeting at the end of October 2004
to discuss its vision for the Prison for Women property and to seek further input from the general public. At that meeting, Mr. Andrew Simpson from Queen’s University reiterated Queen’s interest in acquiring all or a portion of the Prison for Women property for university uses.
Since the public meeting, Canada Lands has carried on with its various sub-consultant studies, i.e., servicing reports, but at the same time continued a dialogue with Queen’s on their potential use of the site.
It has always been Canada Lands desire from the very beginning that the heritage buildings be maintained and the public consultation concluded that the views of the administration building be unfettered. These requirements were passed along to Queen’s.
Discussions continue with Queen’s that would see the university acquire approximately half of the site. The Queen’s footprint would include the heritage buildings, which would be renovated and re-used in their redevelopment schemes. The current thinking of the university would see the use of the land and buildings to house the university’s archives and research facilities. Discussions are also taking place with a number of other groups that may see partnerships put in place for joint uses.
Canada Lands would carry on and develop the western half of the property with low-density residential housing keeping in mind that the views of the lake must remain unimpeded. There would also be a walkway connecting Union Street to King Street, with the main entrance to the development coming in off of Union Street.
We hope to be in position this summer to bring forward a development application to the City, which will allow construction to begin on the residential component in 2006.
Should you have any questions, please contact Bob Dunn at (416) 952-6148 Email: rdunn@clc.ca."
a quick look at the queen's site finds this update from a board of trustees meeting in march of 06 -
"As conversations continue with the city and the federal government regarding the King Street properties, Queen’s is in the final stages of negotiation for the Prison for Women site. In terms of the Prison for Women, the current plans call for the establishment of a facility for the Queen’s Archives in partnership with the city, as well as the Advanced Research and Education Institute devoted to University-Industry research partnerships. Further, a number of small, start-up companies are located
throughout the campus and clustering such business incubation activities at one site would decompress our facilities and meet the space needs of a number of departments. The planning funds approved at the last Board meeting will help move this project forward aggressively."
interesting... no mouse colonies though... shame that.
on the events page there are a few things worth noting that might have fallen through the civic cracks in lieu of even more heated debate surrounding lvec. the most intriguing one is the plans for the prison for women, that imposing concrete box out king st. the project is being led by 'canadian land company kingston' and basically entails getting rid of the wall and puttting up a bunch of either houses, apartments, condos or their ilk on the land. some of the proposals are shown below.
the building in the middle is the actual main prison house, the rest of the buildings surrounded by green would be brand new - in this version a mix of mostly houses with garages set to the back of the house and accessed via a secondary road at the back (top of the pic).
in this pic the houses are more "traditional" as they put it, with the garages out front leaving less space for more housing.
for those unfamiliar with the site here's a pic of the front, the buidling that remains the same in the two pics above.
the latest updates on the project are somewhat less satisfactory. queen's has decided it wants to expand even further and take upwards of 50% of the land (thus resulting in heavy cuts to the plans above).
here's what the june 2005 newsletter says about the nov 2004 meeting.
"Canada Lands had a public meeting at the end of October 2004
to discuss its vision for the Prison for Women property and to seek further input from the general public. At that meeting, Mr. Andrew Simpson from Queen’s University reiterated Queen’s interest in acquiring all or a portion of the Prison for Women property for university uses.
Since the public meeting, Canada Lands has carried on with its various sub-consultant studies, i.e., servicing reports, but at the same time continued a dialogue with Queen’s on their potential use of the site.
It has always been Canada Lands desire from the very beginning that the heritage buildings be maintained and the public consultation concluded that the views of the administration building be unfettered. These requirements were passed along to Queen’s.
Discussions continue with Queen’s that would see the university acquire approximately half of the site. The Queen’s footprint would include the heritage buildings, which would be renovated and re-used in their redevelopment schemes. The current thinking of the university would see the use of the land and buildings to house the university’s archives and research facilities. Discussions are also taking place with a number of other groups that may see partnerships put in place for joint uses.
Canada Lands would carry on and develop the western half of the property with low-density residential housing keeping in mind that the views of the lake must remain unimpeded. There would also be a walkway connecting Union Street to King Street, with the main entrance to the development coming in off of Union Street.
We hope to be in position this summer to bring forward a development application to the City, which will allow construction to begin on the residential component in 2006.
Should you have any questions, please contact Bob Dunn at (416) 952-6148 Email: rdunn@clc.ca."
a quick look at the queen's site finds this update from a board of trustees meeting in march of 06 -
"As conversations continue with the city and the federal government regarding the King Street properties, Queen’s is in the final stages of negotiation for the Prison for Women site. In terms of the Prison for Women, the current plans call for the establishment of a facility for the Queen’s Archives in partnership with the city, as well as the Advanced Research and Education Institute devoted to University-Industry research partnerships. Further, a number of small, start-up companies are located
throughout the campus and clustering such business incubation activities at one site would decompress our facilities and meet the space needs of a number of departments. The planning funds approved at the last Board meeting will help move this project forward aggressively."
interesting... no mouse colonies though... shame that.
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