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Originally Posted by Drybrain

The barber shop and all its unsightly signage has been there for more than three years now. It hasn't particularly deteriorated in recent years; it's looked about like it does now for the past decade.

It's one of the only large Victorian apartment houses left in the city, and steeped in city and neighbourhood history. The development proposal that was put forth to replace it is basically a mediocre cube. There's every reason to preserve it as the city moves into the future.