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2002
Pre-Conference Workshop
September 10 – 12,
2002Conserving Historic
Stone Monuments and
Tombstones
Gibraltor Point Centre for
the Arts, Toronto Islands,
CANADA |
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Registration:
Tuesday, September 10,
2002 |
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4
- 7pm |
Registration
for APTI Workshops
Royal York
Hotel,Association for
Preservation Technology
2002 Conference Hotel
Front Street and York
Street, across from
Toronto’s Union Station |
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7:00
- 9:30pm |
APTI
Workshops Opening
Reception
hosted by the Ontario
Heritage Foundation
Ontario Heritage
Centre, 10 Adelaide Street
East (located ½
block east of Yonge
Street) |
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Day
One: Wednesday,
September 11th,
2002
Gibraltor
Point Centre for the Arts |
| 8:00am |
Ferry
to Hanlan’s Point
departs from City of
Toronto Ferry Terminal
Located on Queen’s
Quay West at Bay Street
(adjacent to the Harbour
Castle Westin Hotel).
The Gibraltor Point
Shuttle bus will be at
Hanlan’s Point dock for
the short ride to the
Centre. |
| 8:15
- 9:00am |
Coffee
/ Tea and pastries
Participants of the
Conserving Stone Monuments
and Tombstones Workshop
and Conserving Stained
Glass Workshop will have
their refreshment and
meals together in the
Beacon Room. |
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One: Morning Session:
Understanding Stone
Monuments and Client’s
Needs |
| 9:00
- 9:15am |
Welcome
and Introduction (Room
Ten West)
Tamara Anson-Cartwright,
Course Co-ordinator
Technical Advisor,
Heritage & Libraries
Branch, Ontario Ministry
of Culture |
| 9:15
- 9:45am |
The
Intrinsic Characteristics
and Values of Stone
Monuments
Keith Blades,
Principal Consultant
Conservation of Historic
Buildings Inc., Almonte,
Ontario |
| An
exploration of stone
created as a monument in
the landscape. How the
same stone performs
differently and has a
special value from
building stone. Every
stone monument tells a
story. |
| 9:45
-10:15am |
Preserving
Municipally Owned Historic
Burial Grounds and
Cemeteries
Case Study:
Massachusetts Cemetery
Preservation Initiative |
| 10:15
-10:45am |
Historic
Scotland’s Preservation
Effort for Historic
Graveyards
Ratish Nanda,
Conservation Consultant,
New Delhi, India
co-author of Historic
Scotland’s Guide for
Practitioners:
Conservation of Historic
Graveyards |
| 10:45
-11:15am |
Coffee
Break |
Co-sponsored
by the Ministry of Culture |
| 11:15
-12:15pm |
Caring
for Public Monuments and
Historic Cemeteries –
Panel Discussion |
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Moderated
by Tamara
Anson-Cartwright, Ontario
Ministry of Culture
- Gary
Foster, Campbell
Monuments, Belleville
& Board Member of
Ontario Monument
Builders Association
- Denise
Mahoney, Supervisor of
Cemeteries, Parks
Department of the City
of Mississauga
- Paul
Taylor, Woodlawn
Cemetery, Guelph &
President of Ontario
Association of
Cemeteries
- Adele
Kahn, Director of
Parks, Recreation and
Culture, City of
Niagara Falls
- Sandra
Lougheed, Conservator
of Outdoor Public Art,
City of Toronto
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| A
panel discussion with
municipal staff, a
volunteer cemetery
trustee, a monument
builder, and cemetery
managers about the
challenges facing those
responsible for the care
and long-term maintenance
of outdoor stone monuments
and historic cemeteries. |
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| 12:15
-1:00pm |
Lunch |
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| Day
One: Afternoon Session:
Stone Deterioration and
Conservation Repairs |
| 1:00
- 3:00pm |
Hands-on
Demonstration (Room
Ten East)
Per Neumeyer, Perdan
Limited and Sach Killam,
Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph,
Ontario |
Overview
of Stone Types and Repair
Techniques
Learn how to identify
marble, limestone and
sandstone, the stones most
commonly used for
monuments in the 18th
and 19th
century using the
different telltale signs
for each stone including
colour, grain size,
weathering patterns and
deterioration. The second
half of the session
demonstrates the repair of
a broken marble slab
tombstone. |
| 3:00
- 3:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30
- 4:00pm |
Current
Trends and Best Practices
in Monument Conservation
in the USA
Dennis Montagna, Director
U.S. National Park Service’s
Monument and Research
Preservation Program,
Philadelphia |
| 4:00
- 4:30pm |
Current
Research in Stone
Deterioration and
Conservation
Mary Striegel, Director of
Environmental and
Materials Research,
National Center for
Preservation Technology
and Training, Louisiana,
U.S.A. |
| 4:30
– 5:00pm |
Exchange
of Knowledge: Conservation
Expertise & Churchyard
Property Committee
Scott Weir, ERA
Architects, Toronto
Case study: Restoration of
the Old St. Thomas
Churchyard, St. Thomas,
Ontario |
| 5:00pm |
Q
& As and Feedback |
| 5:10
- 5:30pm |
Hands-on
Demonstration (Room
Ten West)
Per Neumeyer, Perdan
Limited and Sach Killam,
Woodlawn Cemetery |
Introduction
to Repairing Chipped Stone
Bases
Brief introduction to
stone patching materials.
This is the preparatory
phase of patch / fill
repair and includes colour
matching and surface
preparation of the stone.
The patch will be shaped /
carved into a final
appearance next day. |
| 6:00pm |
Dinner
at Royal Canadian Yacht
Club, Toronto Islands (The
club has a dress code, see
below)
Participants from the 3
pre-conference workshops
will meet for dinner at
this historic private
club. Return to the city
via the R.C.Y.C. private
launch. Launch departs
every ½ hour for the
city. |
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| Day
Two - Thursday, September
12th |
| 8:00am |
Ferry
to Hanlan’s Point
departs from City of
Toronto Ferry Terminal |
| 8:15
- 8:45 am |
Coffee
and pastries will be
served in the Beacon Room |
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| Day
Two: Morning Session –
Inspection, Condition
Assessment and Survey
Methods |
| 8:45
- 9:15am |
Preserving
Canada’s Battlefield
Memorials in France
David Panton, Senior
Project Leader
Canadian Battlefield
Memorials Restoration
ProjectVeteran’s Affairs
Canada, Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island |
| In
May 2001, the Government
of Canada announced a
major $30 million
restoration project to
repair, restore, and
rehabilitate Canada's 13
First World War memorials
sites in France and
Belgium. Of particular
interest is the current
rehabilitation of the
spectacular Vimy Memorial
of 1936 designed by Walter
Allward. |
| 9:15
- 9:45am |
Stone
Monuments in Cold Climate
Keith Blades,
Principal Consultant
Conservation of Historic
Buildings Inc., Almonte,
Ontario |
| 9:45
- 10:15am |
Stone
Monuments in Sub-tropical
Climate
Mary Striegel,
Director of Environmental
and Materials Research,
National
Center for Preservation
Technology and Training,
Louisiana, U.S.A.
Case Study: American
Cemetery, Natchitoches,
Louisiana |
| 10:15
-10:30am |
Break |
| 10:30
-11:00am |
Conservator’s
Approach to Recording
Monuments (Before and
After Treatment)
Sue Maltby, Prinicpal
Maltby & Associates
Inc., Toronto
This session covers
conservator’s techniques
for recording stone
monuments. |
| 11:00
-11:30am |
Cemetery
Survey – Monument
Inspections / Multi-year
Safety Surveys
Sach Killam, Co-ordinator
of Monument Care program
Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph,
Ontario |
| 11:30
- 12:00pm |
Innovative
Sampling Methodology for
Cemetery Survey – Laurel
Hill Cemetery,
Philadelphia
Dennis Montagna,
Director
National Park Service’s
Monument and Research
Preservation Program,
U.S.A. |
| 12:00
- 1:00pm |
BBQ
Lunch |
| 1:00
- 2:15pm |
HANDS
- ON DEMONSTRATION
Per Neumeyer, Perdan
Limited and Sach Killam,
Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph,
Ontario |
Mortars
for Fine Crack Repair
This
session focuses on the use
of special lime mortars
and grouts designed to
penetrate fine cracks. |
Repair
and New Stone Bases for
Slab Tombstones
Slotted stone bases
that were commonly used to
support tombstones are now
are missing or broken.
Demonstrate a variety of
options for repairing
bases and standardizing
manufacturing of new
slotted bases. |
| 2:15
-2:45pm |
Break |
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TWO: AFTERNOON SESSIONS -
Generating Revenue for
Historic Cemeteries (Fireplace
Room) |
| 2:45
- 3:15pm |
Locating
and Recording Below
Surface Features
Keith Powers,
Geophysical Investigations
Section
Archaeological Services
Inc., Toronto |
| Overview
of the non-destructive
survey methods used by
archaeologists in pioneer
cemeteries to locate
features beneath the
surface without
excavations. Explanation
of the benefits of each
the methods including
Resistivity Meters, Ground
Penetrating Radar and
Conductivity Meters. |
| 3:15
– 4:00pm |
New
and Alternative
Memorialization to
Generate Revenue for Care
and Maintenance
Victor Walker, Walker-Kluesing
Design Group, consultant
to Massachusetts
Department of
Environmental Management
‘s Preservation
Guidelines for Municipally
Owned Historic Burial
Grounds and Cemeteries |
| Series
of case studies that
highlight design solutions
that create new burials
options and generate much
needed revenue for
cemeteries while
respecting the original
cemetery design and
preserve significant
landscape features. |
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Public
Support and Heritage
Protection of Cemeteries:
Bi-National Discussion |
| 4:00
- 4:30pm |
- Dennis
Montagna, Director of
the U.S. National Park
Service’s Monument
and Research
Preservation Program
- Tamara
Anson-Cartwright,
Technical Advisor,
Ontario Ministry of
Culture, Toronto
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| Engaging
the public support and
government expertise to
identify the heritage
significance of the
cemetery (local and
national) and
preservation. Hear tips
from those who have been
successful in securing
heritage recognition and
funding (capital and
endowment) for cemetery
preservation. |
| 4:30
- 4:45pm |
Closing
Remarks |
| 5:15pm |
Return
ferry |
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| WORKSHOP
LOGISTICS |
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| Instructions
for the Ferry to The
Gibraltor Point Centre,
Toronto Islands. |
| 7:30
am Depart from the
Royal York Hotel for the
Toronto Ferry Terminal |
| APTI
volunteers will guide you
from the Royal York Hotel
lobby on a short 15 minute
walk to the City of
Toronto Ferry Terminal
located at the foot of Bay
Street at Queen’s Quay
West (adjacent to the
Harbour Castle Westin
Hotel). |
| 8:00am
Ferry departs for
Hanlan’s Point, Toronto
Islands (ten minute
ride). |
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volunteers will also be
waiting each morning in
front of the Ferry
Terminal to greet workshop
participants and speakers
to give out ferry tickets
to participants who will
pick up their registration
kits at the Gibraltor
Point Centre. |
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Additional
Ferry departures for
Hanlan’s Point:
Just in case you are
running late, there are
ferries every ½ hour
until 4pm e.g. 8:30, 9am,
9:30 etc.
The shuttle bus will be
pick up for arrivals until
9:00am. Please call the
Gibraltor Point Centre to
request shuttle after
9:00am or take the other
ferry to Centre Island
dock and walk twenty
minutes following signs to
Gibraltor Point. |
PARKING
adjacent to City of
Toronto Island Ferry
Terminal
There are several
commercial parking lots.
Rates vary considerably.
Parking lot west of Bay
Street along Queen’s
Quay West has $10 flat
rate per day plus evening
rate. |
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The
Gibraltor Point Centre is
operated by Toronto
Artscape tel: (416)
392-7834
www.retreatcentre.ca
Gibraltor Point Centre is
wheelchair accessible.
To learn more about the
City of Toronto Islands
visit:
www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/
The Island community
website:
www.torontoisland.org/ |
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| Conserving
Historic Stone Monuments
and Tombstones Workshop
September 10 – 12, 2002 |
| Who
should attend:
Cemetery managers and
trustees, monument
builders, Church property
committee members,
municipal staff,
Architects, Landscape
Architects, masons and
conservators. |
| Professional
Credits: Ontario
Association of Architects
and American Institute of
Architects credits |
Course
Manual:
Each participant will
receive a course manual
containing notes from a
lecturer’s presentation,
handouts for hands-on
demonstrations, current
articles, bibliography and
a copy of Landscapes of
Memories – A Guide for
Conserving Historic
Cemeteries (Repairing
Tombstones), 1998
published by the
Government of Ontario.
Historic Scotland’s Guide
for Practitioners:
Conservation of Historic
Graveyards will be
available for purchase. |
Gibraltor
Point Centre
For more information
visit: www.retreatcentre.ca
tel:
(416) 392-7834 |
Gibraltor
Point Phones and Internet
Access:
Cell phones generally
do not work on the Island
due to interference with
antennae from Toronto
Island Airport. A public
payphone is available.
There is also one computer
terminal with internet
access for sending and
retrieving web-based email
e.g. Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail |
Dinner
at the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club (Private Club)
DRESS CODE REQUIREMENTS:
Gentlemen: Jacket; shirt
with collar and sleeves;
and dress pants required
Ladies: Dress, skirt,
divided skirt or dress
pants with a blouse,
sweater or tunic
with/without a jacket. |
Climate:
September
is will be warm to hot
(potential for hotter days
with "Indian
Summer").
Suggest bringing a light
jacket / windbreaker for
the Toronto Island Ferry
ride. Nights can be cool. |
Toronto
Islands Ferry and General
Information:
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/
www.torontoisland.org/
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Accommodation:
Not included in fee.
The Fairmount Royal York
Hotel is the conference
hotel and will be offering
discount room rates. Royal
York Hotel reservations: 1
(800) 441-1414 / reservations@fairmont.com |
