York University continues to grow its reputation with a successful bid to become host to the Archives of Ontario, the official repository of provincial government records dating back to the early 18th century.
The current archives building on Grenville Street, near the Ontario Legislature, is long out-grown by the expanding collection and is seriously deficient for protection of the documents. The government received nearly a dozen responses to its tender call to house the archives, most of them for locations in downtown Toronto. York’s proposal for an environmentally sensitive building was boosted by the city’s and provincial government’s decision to extend the subway to York. The archives building will sit atop a subway station and be easily accessible to Torontonians as well as visitors from across the province and country.
With completion scheduled for 2009, the archives project is a particularly apt project for celebrating York’s 50th anniversary.
The current archives building on Grenville Street, near the Ontario Legislature, is long out-grown by the expanding collection and is seriously deficient for protection of the documents. The government received nearly a dozen responses to its tender call to house the archives, most of them for locations in downtown Toronto. York’s proposal for an environmentally sensitive building was boosted by the city’s and provincial government’s decision to extend the subway to York. The archives building will sit atop a subway station and be easily accessible to Torontonians as well as visitors from across the province and country.
With completion scheduled for 2009, the archives project is a particularly apt project for celebrating York’s 50th anniversary.
