ShonTron
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You had city staff quoted in that article as well as to why they were opposed to the development, for the same reasons, and you pick out Councillor Wong-Tam?
One person who is not against demolition is architect Diamond, 84. He said he wouldn't mind if his red brick construction was torn down, as long as a new building is supported with proper infrastructure and connects pedestrians to the streetscape.
"All the things it did were really important things to do," he told CBC Toronto Thursday. "But it wasn't spectacular, architecturally.
"Cities change."
You had city staff quoted in that article as well as to why they were opposed to the development, for the same reasons, and you pick out Councillor Wong-Tam?
There's also this...
Yes, because she's an elected official misleading the public. It is simply untrue that this development contemplates "losing" a heritage building, as she directly said. And she knows that suggesting that that's the case is a great way to rally the NIMBYs.
I'm not taking exception to city staff's -- or, for that matter, even the councillor's -- position on the development. And I support maintaining heritage buildings wherever and whenever possible. I'm taking exception to the councillor for whom I voted telling the public that these developers want to tear down a heritage building.
OK. I understand. I see a lot of attacks on her on this forum, and much of it unreasonable. There's good reason here.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Heritagematters?src=hashToronto Preservation Board unanimously refused demolition for 33 Avenue Road (aka York Square). #Heritagematters
Any updates in the last 7 months or so?
yea I saw the posts above re: 2017 hearing, was wondering if anyone had heard anything happening since then.There was an OMB hearing in January but the decision hasn't yet been posted.