Comment 53483

By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted December 21, 2010 at 15:15:01

@Silbordeo Agreed. Best part of IWS IMHO is the location. The history of football on Balsam. $93M to demo/build new seems okay to me. Not sure how accurate that original assessment was, but it's our land.

A few people on here did some research, and Scott Park isn't vacant so it can't be demo'd. BTS could be and Parkview is apparently done so that could probably be purchased from the board/turned into parking?

Centre of our city and off of all major bus routes, proposed LRT route, and as one poster pointed out, Consumers Glass could be demo'd for parking and that is right on the rail line that I assume will be used for the east/west route to Niagara. We should make sure someone hasn't already purchased that property like we (I) did with regards to the old Scott Park High School.

There were also many people who have quesitoned the whole 'historical designation' factor. Could IW or even the property given the history of sports on that seciton of Balsam, be granted Historical status, therefore opening up some possible different funding sources to repair/upgrade the site. They agreed to designate Fenway as a historical site, but the owners voted against it. Not sure why. Perhaps becuase they would have had to be accountable to the people that oversea historical buildings? Not sure. IW may not have the brick work that Fenway has, but the history is there for sure.

Comment edited by lawrence on 2010-12-21 14:33:31

Ward 3 Trustee for HWDSB.

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