Update on the Queen Street site redevelopment
Breaking new ground in addiction and mental
health care
Open Ideas Competition: Winning designs preserve and transform the
historic asylum wall
May 6, 2003: CAMH President and CEO Dr. Paul Garfinkel and Councillor
Joe Pantalone announced that two designs had been awarded first place
in CAMH's Open Ideas Competition on the future of its historic east
wall. The winning designs were selected by a jury from 127 submissions
made by local artists, architects, conservation groups, people who have
experienced the mental health system and an entire class at the Ontario
College of Art and Design. As well, three designs received honourable
mention, and five were designated as finalists. The winners of the competition
are Carlos Moreno and Cassie Kent and Janet Rosenberg
and Glenn Herman with art work provided by Lynn Donoghue.
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CAMH Development Will
Fuel Growth Of Dynamic Downtown Neighbourhood
September 2002
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is seeking approval
from the City of Toronto for an innovative redevelopment of its Queen
Street West site, in order to implement new approaches in treating people
with mental illness and addictions.
On Monday, August 12, 2002, CAMH submitted an application for an Official
Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to the City of Toronto. CAMH
is proposing to transform the property, now known as 1001 Queen Street
West, from a traditional psychiatric facility, to a dynamic centre for
care, research, education and prevention within an Urban Village, connected
with the surrounding community.
CAMH's Queen Street site redevelopment will be one of Toronto's most
significant urban redevelopments. The bold and innovative project not
only will improve the environment for client care, but it will regenerate
CAMH's large downtown property, and contribute to the revitalization and
the growth of the vibrant surrounding neighbourhood.
CAMH plans to develop the Queen Street site as a central hub for CAMH
programs. The site will be designed as an "urban village" with
a mix of uses and activities; public streets and sidewalks; public and
private green spaces that preserve many of the site's mature trees; and
a series of buildings, each with their own street addresses and front
doors. Extending public streets into the site and creating new city blocks
will integrate what is now an isolated property into the fabric of the
city, and will help address the institutional stigma now associated with
the site. By creating a real community setting for client care, the site
will be a welcoming place for the local neighbours with park spaces, storefront
restaurants, cafes and shops, and community facilities that are open to
the public.
"Evidence shows that the best environment for treating people with
mental illness and addictions is one that is familiar or normal. CAMH's
goal is to deinstitutionalize the institution and create a more community-like
setting for care which focuses on clients' needs," said Dr Paul Garfinkel,
President and CEO of CAMH. "The redevelopment will also allow us
to bring together the Centre's four main functions -- client care, research,
education, and prevention -- on one site rather than our current four.
This will facilitate further advances in research, improve methods of
care; and result in higher rates of recovery and more clients able to
live productive lives in the community. Our plans will create new hope
for people with mental illness and addictions, and help break down the
stigma that is quite often the main barrier to people accessing the care
they need."
Through consultations, CAMH has involved a wide cross section of stakeholders
in the planning of the project, including neighbouring residents and business
people, clients and their families, and community agencies and health
care providers. The 2-year planning process has generated considerable
support for the redevelopment of the site.
In addition to seeking approval from the City, CAMH is also seeking approval
and funding from the Ontario government's Ministry of Health and Long
Term Care. The creation of the urban village will require a long-term
phased building program, resulting in the replacement of almost all of
the existing buildings. Construction could begin in early 2004. It could
take up to 10 years to complete.
For more information: Call the Community Information Line 416-535-8501
ex. 1650 or visit the Centre's website at www.camh.net/vision for the
latest updates
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