[IanO]

^it's an amazing opportunity that could incorporate a spa (as per Michael's case study/concept), is incredible inside and had a presence.

 

[David A]

Does the power plant building need to be saved? Saving heritage buildings is important but people can go overboard about it too. The power plant is really more of an eye sore than a building with architectural significance. Only somebody with lots and lots of time on their hands would head over to check it out. And they'd only do it once. The power plant building is basically useless. Get rid of it and put something like the spa that was talked about there instead.

Its useless because it is sitting empty. If the city is not capable of doing anything with it, which seems clear to me it isn't because they don't seem capable of much in this area or elsewhere, then just sell it to some who can turn it into that spa or something else.

Nothing "needs" to be saved, which is why we have very few heritage buildings left. But we can look to many other places where old industrial buildings in good central locations have been redeveloped into things that enhance the area not detract from it. We are a city of limited imagination with a disposable mentality so I realize many people here don't get this.

 

[Gronk!]

Instead of demolishing the power plant (and some of you are so eager to demolish anything with a historical designation), transform it into a hot springs pool that is akin to what is in Radium, then throw in a cafe/restaurant/pub and an indigenous museum/interpretive centre. If the river valley is going to become a national urban park then this initiative makes a ton of sense. Why can't the city realize this?