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Doors Open Event Media Advisory Turn key opening ceremonies for Doors Open Toronto
at LEED-designation Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre
and historic Toronto Necropolis
A citywide celebration of culturally or architecturally significant buildings, the Doors Open Toronto program is limited to 150 venues and has attracted more than 1.9 million visitors since it began. More details can be found at http://www.toronto.ca/doorsopen/about.htm. |
Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre Who:
The Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.P., M.D., St. Paul’s Riding
Peter Hart Massey Tovell, Architect, Massey Foundation
Linda Lee, Manager, Funeral Operations, Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre
What:
Turn key ceremony, officially opening the Visitation Centre as part of Doors Open Toronto 2011. Set in one of Canada’s most historic cemeteries as the modern interpretation of a traditional funeral home, the Visitation Centre was designed to achieve the “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” (LEED) Silver rating while its understated design gives little hint of the building’s energy conservation technology and construction.
When:
Saturday, May 28, from 9:50 to 10:20AM
Where:
Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
375 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, ON M4T 2V8 |
Toronto Necropolis Who:
The Hon. Glen Murray, MPP, Toronto Centre and Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation
Nathan Johnson, Family Service Manager, MPGC
What:
Turn key ceremony, officially opening Toronto Necropolis as part of Doors Open Toronto 2011. One of Toronto’s oldest and most historic cemeteries, its picturesque location, collection of sculpture and Victorian buildings also make Toronto Necropolis one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the city. Some of Toronto’s finest examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture can be found in the fully restored cemetery entrance, chapel and office. The Necropolis is the final resting place of such prominent individuals as Toronto’s first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, journalist George Brown, founder of what is now The Globe and Mail, and Anderson Ruffin Abbot, the first Canadian-born black surgeon.
When:
Saturday, May 28, from 9:50 to 10:20AM
Where:
Toronto Necropolis
200 Winchester Street
Toronto, ON M4X 1B7 |
About Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries is a not-for-profit organization established in 1826, and celebrates its 185th anniversary in 2011. Through its separate operating entities the organization maintains 10 cemeteries, four crematoria, and 14 mausolea across the Greater Toronto Area. A recognized industry leader, the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries is committed to providing perpetual care to the families and communities it serves.
More information can be found at: www.mountpleasantgroup.com
Media contact:
Rick Hall
External Communications
Mount Pleasant Group
Office: 416/696-0049 ext. 6535
Mobile: 416/523-0659 |
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