About the
Peggy Kurtin Award

The CPA celebrates great work in restoration and streetscape improvements. Owners who have completed significant restoration work to street-exposed sides of their properties in the past two years, through an imaginative understanding of the scale, materials, and detailing, are eligible to apply.

The awards are named after Peggy Kurtin (1932-2009), a Cabbagetown residents and former CPA president who, for many years, was the soul of heritage in Cabbagetown.

The objectives of the awards are:

  • to recognize efforts to maintain the historic context of Cabbagetown

  • to encourage individual owners to refine the quality of the community's streetscapes

  • to bring public awareness to the efforts of homeowners, shop and building owners and architects to enhance the architectural integrity of Cabbagetown, and

  • to acknowledge architects, contractors, craftsmen and tradespeople who become involved in the enhancement and preservation of our neighbourhood.

There are three awards. Note: Not every award is given annually.

  1. Excellence in Restoration
    The winner is presented with a certificate and an artist's rendering of their building.

  2. Improved Facade
    The winner is presented with a certificate.

  3. Special Award
    The winner is presented with a certificate.

Nominations,
Submissions & Judging

See Past Winners

The annual application deadline is April 15th. Work expected to be completed before the deadline may be eligible. Winners are announced at the CPA Annual General Meeting at the end of May.

A call will go go out to the community early in the year to recommend projects for consideration. Submissions should include photographs and/or drawings of the project, showing both the before and after conditions, together with a brief written description of the work involved, the philosophy of the owner towards the work, and something about the history of the building and the restoration process.

Please get in touch with the CPA and a member of the awards committee will contact you regarding your submission. Members of the awards committee are also available for consultation.

The judges take several factors into consideration in evaluating a building, including:

  • the contribution of the improvement to the street

  • the use of materials, colour, and other changes in line with the objectives of a heritage district

  • the perceived improvement over the previous state of the original facade.

Where new buildings are involved, the CPA welcomes entries which are creatively modern in style, yet sympathetic to the existing buildings and streetscape.

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