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Conference Hotel The Fairmont Royal York Hotel Recently renovated, this elegant hotel is a gracious host to Toronto’s vibrant culture. Toronto’s Film Festival will be underway as the APT 2002 Conference begins. Toronto lends its fascination as the most diversely multi-cultural city in the world with an international cuisine in an endless array of great and funky restaurants. The Fairmont Royal York is located in the heart of the city directly across the street from Union Station at the foot of Toronto’s financial district. It is easily accessible, friendly and mere blocks away from major attractions including the theatre districts. The hotel has direct indoor access to the subway and Toronto’s famous underground path system. The significance of the railway in the development of Canada is evident in the prominence of railway hotels in major Canadian cities. The Royal York is among the most eminent of these landmarks. Constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway to give it a commanding presence in one of the nation's major hotel markets. Torontonians were awed by the scale and sumptuousness of the Royal York when it opened in 1929. Its steel frame soared 28 stories, and exterior walls were clad entirely in Indiana limestone. Geometric shapes, stylized ornament, and pyramidal massing formed a stately structure. Its architectural style has been described as skyscraper-cum-chateau. Its steeply pitched roof is a landmark feature for Canadian hotels from Victoria to Quebec City. With over a thousand rooms, it was the largest hotel in the British Commonwealth. Public spaces such as the lobby, ballroom and concert hall were generous in proportion and sumptuous in décor. Artists were commissioned to paint interior murals, many with historical themes inspired by the cultural nationalism of 1920s Canada.
Extreme impacts to heritage places include the effects of natural and cultural disasters such as earthquakes, fire, weather and war. The conference theme focuses on how to plan for, how to respond to, and how to mitigate the effects of extremely serious impacts to places of archaeological, historical, architectural and cultural significance. The speakers will explore how we can prepare ourselves, develop strategies, assemble teams, carry out plans, monitor effects and learn from the results. Over seventy papers will be presented in a two-day period. The papers represent a broad and international response to preservation issues, and while there is great diversity in the papers they have been grouped under four general themes. Theme 1: Time and Place (18 papers): Exploring the challenges of conservation in unique locations, topics include protecting burial mounds in Bahrain, studying endangered courthouses in Texas, and preserving the Sassi of Matera. Theme 2: Human Influence (18 papers): Understanding the need for planning initiatives, topics include a measured response to urban renewal, post disaster analysis, structural triage for historic buildings, and the preservation response to the Three Gorges Dam project in China. Theme 3: Natural Influence (18 papers): Responding to issues of both long-term weathering or dramatic disasters, topics include seismic strengthening of Pagodas in Nepal, flash floods in the Valley of the Kings, and fire remediation to the Old Capitol Building in Iowa. Theme 4: Materials and Technology (18 papers): Addressing significant deterioration of materials and advances in monitoring techniques, topics include the misconceptions of protective glazing, spatial modeling at the Parthenon, and mitigating the impact of unsympathetic repairs in three New York case studies. This framework of themes serves as a general guide in selecting sessions. |
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