Friday, September 29, 2006
Blog Guelph: Weltschmerz
Just in case you haven't checked out Weltschmerz this week.... here's a teaser. This strip is created in Guelph by Gareth Lind. When you visit his blog, take the time to surf through his archives. Heck, buy a book too. The artwork is well worth owning.Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Loretta Convent - With Our Lady
All week I've been plying you with photos taken of our lovely Church of Our Lady by various Guelphite's and friends. I've also offered information about the on going fate of the Loretta Convent.
Here's the Convent with a Church of Our Lady tower in the background.
Thanks to photographer Denim for today's great photos.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Loretta Convent - Front
Back in July 2004, I wrote an editorial for the Guelph Mercury that pretty much sums up my thoughts on our current city politicians and their stance on Guelph's heritage buildings.
The Loretta Convent situation had my socks in a knot even then.
You can flashback to my diatribe here.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Loretta Convent - Side
Refurbished, the Loretta Convent would make a stunning home for the Guelph Civic Museum and an incredible addition to the tourist draw of Catholic Hill.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Loretta Convent -Backdoor
The unassuming back door to the Loretta Convent.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Interior
The Church of Our Lady made front page news in yesterday's Mercury.
To read the story go here. Then search for "Church of Our Lady."
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Pipes and Window
According to the Guelph Mercury, the Church of Our Lady is "one of 122 parishes in the Hamilton diocese and boasts 2,600 families in the congregation."
Sue Richards
Photo by: Elitsa
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady -Window Art
Dezso provides us with this fabulous shot of the stained glass window located above the pipe organ.
Sue Richards
PS: You can purchase Photo Artist Dezso's work every Saturday morning at the Guelph Farmer's Market, between 7 am and noon, corner of Waterloo Avenue and Gordon Street.
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Organ Pipes
The mirror allows the organist to see what's going on behind them. There's little chance that they would hear anyone approach if the organ was bellowing out a hymn.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Interior
The construction of Our Lady Immaculate began in 1877 under the careful eye of Irish-Canadian artist Joseph Connolly. During his 25 year career in Canada, he designed or remodeled nearly forty Roman Catholic churches and chapels in Ontario.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Foggy
Catholic Hill has the potential of being a fabulous tourist draw for Guelph. As you can see by the series of photos I posted yesterday and again today, Our Lady does present nicely from many different angles, styles of lighting and weather conditions.
Coincidentally, the excellent Guelph Tribune ran a front-page story in yesterday's paper about future development of the Loretta Convent, a stunning historic building that sits beside the church.
In the opening paragraph, Virginia McDonald reports that, "The Loretto Convent is "the best available option" for an expanded civic museum, says the Guelph Museums board's final report to the city." Check out the rest of the Trib story here.
For the fleshed out history behind the museum report, please read through yesterday's posts on Blog Guelph.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Rear View
As I drove out of town towards Fergus yesterday, I was struck by this realization about the big box development in our north end.
There are over 8,000 photographs of Guelph published on the web based photo site Flickr. After spending the last six months monitoring the daily photo uploads and digging through the archives, it would appear that no one with a camera thinks that the *Smart Centre* development, nor any of the other sprawl type scenes unfolding in Guelph deserve to be included in that enormous set of images.
Instead, people take thousands of photos of our historic buildings and beautiful river lined parks.
Sue Richards
Find out how to have your photo's featured on Blog Guelph by reading this post.
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Night Light
Our Lady looks lovely in the spotlight.
Sue Richards.
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Looking Up
Church of Our Lady does the Friendly Giant..... looking up....way up.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Effects
Eric Giberson adds some fancy effects to this classic shot of Our Lady.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Welcome
Tomorrow, we'll take a look inside.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Front
If I am to draw a conclusion regarding the number of photos posted on Flickr, the Church of Our Lady is the most photogenic landmark in our city.
When talk started circulating about the possibility of Guelph's Civic Museum taking up residence in the now empty Loretto Convent situated beside the church and built between 1854-57, Guelph's Catholic Hill had the exciting potential of becoming an enormous tourist draw.
But a funny thing has happened in the three years since this idea has been rolling around......
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Looming
Since our last municipal election in November 2003, very little effort has been directed towards capitalizing on or enhancing our most recognizable landmark by preserving the The Loretto Convent.
When elected city officials suggested demolishing the convent, citizens roared. Rather than bringing in the wrecking ball, a Task Force was established to study the situation and make recommendations for the future of Loretto Convent. Guelphites crossed their fingers.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Distant
The Task Force finalized their report on The Loretto Convent's future in March of 2006. The entire report can be found here.
I noted that the recommendation section of the Task Force report starts off with this paragraph.
"The lands and buildings of Catholic Hill are owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. Ultimate responsibility for the use and development of these facilities must remain the purview of the Diocese. Development of the site will depend on the right opportunity being available at the right time, suggesting that patience will be a virtue. At the same time, the Council of the City of Guelph is a key driver in the overall economic health of the community. It is clear to the Task Force that preservation of heritage buildings is an increasingly important dimension of a vibrant City."
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Morning
Of course you may wonder why heritage preservation is so important to a city like Guelph? What's the big deal about living in a vibrant city?
This interview with Catherine Nasmith, Architect and Vice President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario will shed some light on the many reasons.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Mary
So far, our elected officials have reported no action on the Loretto Task Force Recommendations. One theory suggests that our city mother's and father's are trying out the passive “demolished by neglect,” approach, a phrase coined by London, Ontario city heritage planner Christine Nelson.
According to Nelson, “The easiest thing to do that’s non-confrontational is to leave a building empty, turn off the lights and heat and pretty soon it’s going to be unsafe and too expensive to repair”.
Find out more about our current elected officials heritage record at the Guelph Civic League website.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Church of Our Lady - Back
Imagine Catholic Hill with the addition of the Guelph Civic Museum nicely housed in the Loretto Convent. Imagine knowing your elected officials recognized the full value in heritage buildings. Imagine living in a vibrant, beautiful city run by smart people who understand and care.
Please vote in our next municipal election on November 13th. Find out who is running in your ward. Take the time to figure out what they stand for and how they view important heritage issues.
The Guelph Civic League website can start you off in an informed direction.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Blog Guelph: 2007 Breast of Canada Calendar
The 2007 Breast of Canada Calendar launch takes place on September 29, at the Guelph Youth Music Centre in conjunction with the Avant Breast Art Auction.
Avant Breast was designed by Jen Turnbull to raise additional funds and awareness for the breast health calendar Breast of Canada and associated charity the Canadian Breast Cancer Network.
Leading up to the auction, the Avant Breast artwork will be on display at Wyndham Art Supplies, And Venus Smiled and Stelle. Contributing local artists include Sarah Palmer, Goldie Sherman, Tammy Wrice, Grayden Laing, Simon Fleming, Greg Denton, Aimee Charbonneau, Anne Hansen, Anwen Sutherland, Bunny Safari and the Round Tuit Tee-Shirt Gallery.
Please join calendar publisher Sue Richards along with celebrity auctioneer Stacey Hare, of Rogers Television’s "First Local", for this fantastic event. This is your opportunity to purchase a unique and beautiful painting, sculpture, fashion accessory or calendar and support a worthy cause!
Friday September 29, 8pm, Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan Street, $5.00 at the door.
Cover Photo by Melanie Gillis.
Shameless. I know.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Hot Fireman
On Saturday, Downtowner's got a peek into the world of photo taking for the Guelph Firefighter's annual sizzling calendar. Watch the local papers for details of this editions launch and where it will be available.
Thanks to photographer digitalambition for facing the heat!
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: Fall Equinox
The fall equinox arrived in town draped in humidity at 4:03 am on Saturday.
So far, the weather for our newest season has been wildly varied. Yesterday I required the use of my umbrella, sunglasses, down vest and capri pants.
If you're a weatherhead, on frost alert or simply keen to know every second by second detail of our cities wind chill, pressure change and dew point click here.
Sue Richards
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded by John Galt on April 23, 1827. We currently boast a population of 129,295 Guelphites including several thousand students from The University of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: I Spy
VW-Busman is at it again with his "where in Guelph" contest. Click on the picture and leave your educated guesses as to where this head can be found in town. Apparently you can win big prizes.
Here's a convoluted hint for you. This is a bull, not a steer. I know this for sure BECAUSE of where Mr. Moo is located.
Sue Richards
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