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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
Better yet though: retain the church in its entirety, and adapt & repurpose the structure. There are a total of 11,271 heritage-registered properties in the City of Toronto. This is maybe around about 2% of the >500,000 total number of properties in the city - it wouldn't be difficult to preserve those buildings in their entirety while still allowing development on the other 98% of the land. Here's one easy idea: allow the proposed tower on another nearby site, but instead of having developers contribute to public art that everyone hates, have them contribute towards a heritage restoration & retention fund that helps pay for the maintenance & renewal of heritage properties.
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My comment was not an attitude, not trying to be negative, just realistic — the only real way to keep these old churches around is if religion makes a big comeback or someone with deep pockets decides to save them. Lately, a lot of them end up turning into soup kitchens or food banks just to keep the lights on, but that’s more of a band-aid than a real solution. Eventually, most of these buildings still face the same fate.
And it's the church that's looking to sell up Why would a developer go looking for an empty lot nearby when there is a massive one on a corner for sale? That's unrealistic.