Apart from Burger Delicious and One-A-Minit-Car Wash (both now closed) no built heritage remains in this conspicuous, heavily trafficked but unused triangular space east of Toronto Reference Library (by Raymond Moriyama, Architect 1977). The location of this piece of land, in a neighbourhood rich in cultural associations, steps from downtown Toronto's busiest intersection and busiest subway station: Bloor and Yonge is prime.

Nicole Nomsa Moyo (Intern Architect and Urban Designer, DIALOG and Contract Instructor, U of T Daniels Architecture) gave a keynote speech which touched on human-centric design, master planning, innovative and disruptive sustainable development.

Daniel Rotsztain ("Urban Geographer" and Artist in Residence, ERA Architects) led a tour of the site in its rich urban and cultural context.

Where developers have requested re-zoning to permit a 32-storey hotel, charrette proposals to Sharon Vattay (Principal, GBCA Architects), Michelle Bullough (Intern Architect, Giaimo) and Patricia Milne (Principal, Milne Architect) focused on creating a "backyard" to the Central Library, a cultural hub that would provide community space, outdoor art installations and an observation deck with new perspectives on nearby Harold Town Park and Rosedale Ravine - as well as acknowledgement of Castle Frank Brook, the "lost river", once source of water to the village of Yorkville and to nearby Severn's Brewery, that now runs, hidden in a conduit, beneath the site.