Kingston’s former women’s prison is set for a major redevelopment
“It’s still front and centre in a lot of people’s minds what happened here so we’re very sensitive to it and we’re working with other people to help advise us on the best thing to do,” Skolnick told Global News.
The former prison has a number of internal items of historic, cultural value, according to the city — including a large cell locking mechanism that will need to be included in the restoration and a representative cellblock. “We intend to donate one of the mechanisms to the museum, there’s another museum in Ottawa that’s expressed interest so we are waiting to hear back whether they would like one of the mechanisms. The other two will be kept on-site and be incorporated into static displays, one of which will be … we’ll be rebuilding a cell in one of the public amenity spaces with the building,” said Skolnick.
Ahead of the revamp, the developer will need to clean up contamination on the site from its past as a correctional facility. The plan would also allow Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard to be widened to accommodate the extensive plan at a later date.
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