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Heritage Conservation Districts The Ontario Heritage Act allows for designation of individual properties under Part IV of the Act and for the designation of groups of properties as Heritage Conservation Districts under Part V. In December 2005 City Council established Windsor's first Heritage Conservation District (HCD), encompassing the 200 block of Prado Place. (View the HCD Maps) The Prado Place HCD was made possible by the support of the homeowners in the district. (View the List of Properties) The Prado Place HCD is intended to preserve a streetscape that is unique in the City because of its 50-foot right-of-way and 16-17 foot pavement width, with mid-block landscaped island. There are ten original Town of Riverside street lamps along the block - the only case iron streetlights that remain installed in the former town. This, combined with its eclectic mixture of fine homes, overhanging shade trees, and landscaped front gardens, makes the 200 block of Prado Place a unique residential environment worthy of preservation. The HCD designation will compel the City of Windsor to take the heritage value of the street into consideration when undertaking infrastructure projects.
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Heritage Designation