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Does History Have a Future: Why preserving our architectural heritage in decades to come will be more critical than ever

In this talk, critic Christopher Hume argues that while the Toronto of years past may feel like a foreign place, it is still the city we inhabit today. In a city like Toronto where the built environment has been trampled in the rush to cash in on skyrocketing land values, it’s easy to forget that architecture is part of humanity’s shared cultural inheritance.

Award-winning architecture critic Christopher Hume joins the Club for a fireside chat – the first event in a new series entitled Archetypes: The Spaces That Define Toronto – a mix of thought-provoking lectures and tours to Toronto’s hip and historic haunts that will illuminate the fascinating architectural and urban history of Toronto, and the trends shaping the city’s future.


Christopher Hume was the architecture critic and urban issues columnist of the Toronto Star from the early 1980s until his retirement in 2016. During his years at the Star, he was nominated five times for a National Newspaper Award, Canada’s highest award in print journalism. In 2009, he won a NNA for his columns and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada gave Hume its President’s Award for Architectural Journalism. He has also received a certificate of appreciation from the Ontario Association of Architects. His book, William James’ Toronto Views, won a Toronto Heritage Award in 2000 and in 2004 he received a Landscape Ontario award. Hume was named Toronto’s best newspaper columnist by NOW magazine in 2005 and Eye magazine in 2006. In 2009, Hume hosted and wrote a one-hour special about Canadian cities for CBC TV’s flagship series, The Nature of Things. Ryerson University presented Hume with an honorary doctorate in 2014. He remains a freelance contributing columnist for the Star.

Details

Thursday

Start 4:00 pm

Ends 6:00 pm

Plate of food