Doors Open Toronto won the first City Manager’s Award for Toronto Public Service Excellence yesterday at a City Hall reception honouring finalists for the prize. Toronto City Manager Joe Pennachetti said that “in choosing Doors Open Toronto, I was impressed with what creative staff can do with limited funds. With a few dedicated staff, they created a program that has leveraged millions of dollars and touched millions of people.”
Added Pennachetti, “This project sets the standard for best practices across North America where other cities including New York and Chicago have used Toronto’s program as a model to create their own Doors Open. In addition, Doors Open annually changes and adapts new themes relevant to building a great city.”
Pictured above from left are members of the DOT team, Elizabeth Gallacher, Kristen Juschkewitsch and program founder Jane French. The 2010 edition of Doors Open Toronto runs May 29 and 30; Livewithculture.ca will be featuring a different architect each week in May during the run-up to the city’s annual feast of heritage and contemporary architecture.
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