[Keith P.]

I looked at the site in Streetview to refresh my memory as to what is there now.

Most of the buildings affected by this are large Victorians that were undoubtedly impressive at one time, but which appear to have been cut up into many apartments in recent years. No idea what they are like inside but I suspect most of whatever grandeur they had has been lost. The exception may be on Carlton St but it is impossible to tell what their current use may be.

This is an interesting case in that the scale of the proposal is very large and would undoubtedly add a lot to the property tax base of the city. The price is that many potentially restorable buildings of a type that are simply no longer built now will go away.