Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alex Bozikovic
Publication Date: June 9, 2024 - 20:57
Loss of historic St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto reflects challenge for heritage sites
June 9, 2024
St. Anne’s Anglican Church was a place of unique significance. And now it is largely gone. A fire early Sunday devastated the national historic site in Toronto, consuming decorative paintings by members of the Group of Seven and leaving much of the building in ashes.“It’s a catastrophe for Canadian architecture, Canadian art and Canadian heritage,” the Concordia University architectural historian Peter Coffman said. “This was a unique building that could only have happened in Canada.”
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