PAGE 6,~ HITPhone: w668D-6111yPeter1% 1989 W ~ \~ ~ ~Publisher Production Manager 131 Brook Street North, S®A"' $c- VOICE OF THELCO UNTY TOWN P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by LUN 551 2dCaaPotiRgsraln#55 Whitby residents for.,Whitby residents. 2dCasPsa eitain#55 More of the affordable "I1 SP',, q A Summer Contest of Architectural Ident'ification Take a stroîl and see what Heritage Whitby has to offer. Each week until September, the Whitby Free Press wil publish a picture of an architectural detail of a building in IWhitby (including Brooklin, Ashburn and Myrtie). Each correct identification (only one per person per week) will be entered in a draw to win a book courtesy of LACAC. The draw takes place the following Tuesday morning at 10:00 arn. The winners name and the correct identification wifl be published in the following week's issue of the Whitby Free Press along with another mystery photograph. Sponsored by Whitby's *Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee to encourage an awareness of our local architectural heritage. Watch for the LA CA C display and activities on Heritage Day, September l6th, 1989. The Barnes House - 301-Gllbert St William Barnes constructed this house as his own residenoe in the 1870's. He was a carp enter.and contractor in Whitby during the years 1860 - 1890. Mr. Barnes had a hand in the construction of many of Whitby's 19th century buildings, induding AUl Saints' Anglican Church, St. Mark's United Church, Ringwood and the interior of the Court Room at the County Court House. He also served as a Town Councillor for a nuniber of years. LAST WEEK'S If you can identify this picture, submit the entry below to the Whitby Free Press, 131 Brock St. N., Whitby, LIN 5S1. Thewinner will be selected next Tuesday at 10:00 arn. Ail entries will1 th e be entered in Grand Prize Draw. --------------------------------- LOCATION- Name Address Phone No.. It remains to be seen whether it will be a policy with teeth or just a strong suggestion,, but the housing statemnent a nnounced Monday by the Ontario government should be, regarded as wel- corne news to those for whom affordable housing is out of reach or simply unavailable. Municipaities will be encouraged to provide affordabl housing - for people with Iow and moderate incomnes - a minimum 25 per cent of al new housing. That includes the creation of more housing in existing neighborhoods, for examplei by creating apartments in single family homes, or by conver- ting space in industrial or commercial buildings, or by increasing density on somne residential sites. Based on comments recorded over various planning issues and applications in Whitby in the past, those are methods likely to ruffle some feathers. For some, townhouse development, no To the editor. For many years it bas been a pleasure to drive in and about Whitby's urban and rural areas. One pleasant and scenic country road used to be Anderson St., nortb of Rossland Rd. While over five years of developers'sheavy construction equipment bas dons considérable damage to the roads, damage of a more serjous nature bas also occurred. Wooded areas, creeks, and open space is being destroyed regularly by developers. Sucb an area is Pringle Creek on tbe west side of Anderson St. and sucb a developer is Coscan. When I was chairman of the administrative comniittee I recall at one public meeting, many complaints by résidents on north Anderson St. They expressed sincere concerns about serious ecological matter how well planned, is simply flot welcome. The conversion of existing building into housing forms (does that mean more ba sement apart- ments?) is also not going to sit well with some neighbors. A provincial directive is perhaps j ust what is needed to address the problemr of lack of afford- able housing, and the problems that arise when attempts are made to introduce such forms of housing in existing neighborhoods. As Whitby grows, singte family homes have been the predominant form of housing almost to the exclusion of other forms, althouùgh recent appro- vals have paved the way for more street townhouses, link homes and condominiums. More of them, and other forms of affordable housing, are needed. We hope that due attention is paid to -the message from the provincial governiment. and environmental damage being done by Coscan. The area has been changed beyond recognition and is a disgrace. It has been in thids state since Coscan started work east and west of Pringle Creek. For many years it has been a mess of mud and a dump for discarded construction packaging and inaterials. The creek bas been changed many times and is in such a way that it now resembles a rock quarry. Many of us who do care about our natural areas of beauty are finding it necessary to speak out about this nusmanagement. No one at Town hall, the mayor or others, seems to be aware, or are willing to listen to wbat is happening. My cries fell on deaf ears. The Iack of interest by council is appauling. They bide- behind closed doors each week and decide bow tbey may destroy yet another natural area. By failing to look carefully at developers' proposais, serious planning problers are ignored. The rusbing of approvals, places the future of our town and its natural areas in jeopardy. In the case of Anderson St. north and Pringle Creek, Coscan sbould be forced to fufill their obligation as promised, to restore eacb and every tree large and smnall, every flower and even the bullfrogs tbey took away from the rightful owners, the residents of Whitby. Coscan is turning tbe area into notbing sbort of a weed infested mud bole and garbage dump. Just imagine wbat tbey will do at Whitby Harbor. ey M Whitby P.S.: The few of us who put up thousands of our own dollars to get elected and not the developers money, do care about our town and are concerned about its future. Areais a disgrace'