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20 saturday june 15 2002 economist sun stouffviile tribune pages staff photomike barrett the unionville railway station is one of five york region stations discussed in a new book by author ron brown helping heritage buildings on the rails author underlines plight of heritage railway stations by chrissie obrien special ron brown is a trained town planner but a writer of history at heart combine the two professions and he knows how urban expan sion can obliterate evidence of our past five york region heritage sites are featured in a new book by the canadian author and photogra pher called the last stop ontarios heritage railway stations maintenance of heritage sites is increasingly important as ontarios population grows mr brown said urban sprawl jars people out of their complacency i think urban sprawl enhances the likeli hood of survival of heritage sta tions as sprawl and growth threat en our heritage people become more aware of it he said in an interview in his book mr brown looks at 55 train stations across ontario each chapter examines the history of the commuter routes that pro moted the construction of the sta tions uses of the sites and history of the buildings since their con struction heritage train stations in markham unionville maple newmarket and aurora are fea tured in the book ron brown is one of the few people who writes about heritage train stations in ontario said diane waldock of polar bear press publisher of the last stop we want to popularize these stations and make them accessible to read ers ms waldock said mr brown had to write a second volume about stations across canada because so many historical sites had been neglected and had to be preserved the purpose of the book was to focus on stations that had been federally designated and were most threatened mr brown explained they could only be designated federally because they were active stations railway- owned and untouchable by provincial legislation the 1988 legislation was solely to protect stations it was a private members bill designating more than 50 stations in ontario includ ing the five were talking about in the books introduction mr brown says the station has to be older than 50 years to achieve her itage designation examine the significance of the stations history how well the station illustrates the development of the community the aesthetic or visual quality of the station and the technical or functional quality also important is the relation ship between the station and the area in which it is associated and the nature of the stations identity with the community these criteria and the heritage designation they provide are the saving grace for many buildings once they are designated the sta tions are eligible for restoration funding which is often used to turn them into museums or retail locations for mr brown the mission to save heritage railway stations is more than legislation and designa tion there was a groundswell of outrage after canadian pacific demolished a heritage station in the middle of the night for an extra track in west toronto near weston road that instigated an mpp to launch the private members bill i was never directiy involved in that but it got me writing my first book the train doesnt pass here anymore the aurora markham unionville newmarket and maple train stations according to mr browns book have all the interest- sec unionville page 21 gangster audiotape soaked in blood booktape gangster by lorenzo carcaterra bantam doubleday dell audio publishing abridged six hours on four cassettes 3895 by roy green staff writer ever since the godfather gangster stories have flown off the shelves though few can measure up to mario puzzos classic novel of the corleone family there are lots of tales of dons and captains made men and wiseguys and of course goodfellas lorenzo carcaterra first cashed in on this wave a few years back with sleepers the tale of shocking physical and sexual abuse of inmates in a reform school a 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