Executive Summary
Introduction
 The Ontario Heritage Act enables municipalities to designate Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs)
 Heritage Conservation Districts allow municipalities to guide future changes in these areas of special
character
 This study of Heritage Conservation Districts has been funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and
is a joint effort among volunteers of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, the Heritage
Resources Centre and volunteer historical societies across the province
 32 districts designated in or before 2002 were examined
Background of Beach Boulevard Heritage Conservation District
 Located in the City of Hamilton
 Consists of 57 residential properties
 District was designated in 2000
 Plan was written by Archaeological Services Inc. and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited
Study Approach
 Resident surveys were conducted door-to-door by university students
 Land use mapping and a streetscape evaluation was conducted
 Sales history trends were collected from GeoWarehouse and analyzed
 Key stakeholders were interviewed
 Data on requests for alterations were collected
Read complete report;
http://uwaterloo.ca/heritage-resour...s/files/Final Report - Beach Blvd - FINAL.pdf
Introduction
 The Ontario Heritage Act enables municipalities to designate Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs)
 Heritage Conservation Districts allow municipalities to guide future changes in these areas of special
character
 This study of Heritage Conservation Districts has been funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and
is a joint effort among volunteers of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, the Heritage
Resources Centre and volunteer historical societies across the province
 32 districts designated in or before 2002 were examined
Background of Beach Boulevard Heritage Conservation District
 Located in the City of Hamilton
 Consists of 57 residential properties
 District was designated in 2000
 Plan was written by Archaeological Services Inc. and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited
Study Approach
 Resident surveys were conducted door-to-door by university students
 Land use mapping and a streetscape evaluation was conducted
 Sales history trends were collected from GeoWarehouse and analyzed
 Key stakeholders were interviewed
 Data on requests for alterations were collected
Read complete report;
http://uwaterloo.ca/heritage-resour...s/files/Final Report - Beach Blvd - FINAL.pdf