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By Breezeblock'd (anonymous) | Posted May 16, 2012 at 14:44:24
The prevailing daisy logic seems to short us two adjacent heritage buildings for every one we save.
So I gather that's our city's opening position: Knock down stuff if you can save at least some.
We have some lovely heritage properties at Main and james jut also some conspicuous parking lots.
The Piggott came at the expense of the building next to the Landed Bank.
We saved the Lister but the Balfour took it in the neck and there's cinderblock canyon to the south.
If there are public monies in play -- Lister, Sopinka -- the results can be something else. But in most cases it's a market proposition.
I'm not sure what heritage advocates can really do to increase the odds of buildings being reused, to be honest.
Maybe select one or two poster children and catalogue and price out the cost of building new using these materials and processes, versus restoration.
Maybe lobby for meatier heritage retrofit grants at every level of government.
Maybe become more present in the municipal mechanism. I gather that many have abandoned the process in disgust over the years, and I've heard some dismiss the LACACs as a dark joke. That might be an understandable response from someone who is sullying their professional credentials by association, but obviously it can appreciably change your professional leverage in the heritage debate.
That said, stuff like REIN's ranking (cited in the story) isn't based on untapped potential of historical real properties. It's founded on the odds of investors making money off of properties. Not typically the motivation of heritage investors.
Bridging that disconnect will be the crucial challenge.
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