Richmond Hill
January 02, 2008 12:47 PM
David Fleischer, Staff Writer
The fight to save the Dunlap Observatory is going to Queen’s Park.
Those fighting to preserve the 190 acres in the centre of Richmond Hill are holding a rally Jan. 16 at noon on the steps of the provincial legislature in downtown Toronto.
A petition will be presented to the province. Organizers then hope to march to the nearby University of Toronto campus to present the same documents to school officials. U of T owns the facility.
The university’s governing council declared the observatory surplus in October and put the lands up for sale.
The closing date for bids is in mid-February.
In the meantime, Ontario’s Conservation Review Board will soon be hearing an application by the Town of Richmond Hill to designate the buildings on the site as heritage structures.
Visit www.savetheddo.org or www.rhnaturalists.ca for more information.