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I have mixed feelings about the Hermitage plan.

I'm glad that the original Conservation Authority plan to reduce the height of the walls until they were about 4 feet high was rejected.

But the new plan to dismantle the ruin stone by stone, build a foundation, and then put it all back together again with new mortar and bracing seems odd to me.

A building 'in ruin' is normally expected to decay over time and fall down at some point. The claim that the Hermitage is being saved doesn't make sense when the process involves the complete demolition of the walls.

This reminds me of LIUNA's campaign to convince people that the best way to save the Lister Block was to demolish it and build an exact replica.