I can't believe it taken this long to get this far!
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Almost two fucking decades. In 2007 there was traffic disruption on Bank/Somerset for months.
Great that the city is getting to it now.
I had my first legal drink at the dukes in this building just before it got torn down. For the record I'm pushing 40 now and they still haven't done anything with it.
The heritage committee in this town is out of control. This building has been in this state for two decades because of their nonsense. Old buildings are super inefficient and the city should not stand in the way of replacing them with modern energy efficient ones. I can get behind the odd building here or there that has an exceptional heritage, but that designation should also come with funding to cover the cost of renovating to improve the energy efficiency.
Just up the road at Bank and Gladstone, heritage forced them to keep the brick facade of the old metropolitan bible church, it looks really stupid attached to a modern apartment building.
Agreed. The threshold for what is considered worthy of maintaining needs to be increased for sure. Especially given the housing crisis we're in! People living on the streets is more important than some old façade that some find appealing.
There's a saying that if you learn that your building is about to be designated for protection, you'd better demolish it immediately. The committees are trying to do the right thing, but most often the result is just decay and reversed incentives.