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I think you missed my point. There is nothing "alternative" about the Holiday Inn design. Stucco and fake historical doodads are not opposed to one another, but are in fact part of the same crappy continuum.

I have deep family ties to Ancaster and have been visiting the 'old' town, including the HGCC, regularly for at least 40 years. It's a sad fact that the truly historical elements of Ancaster form an ever-diminishing percentage of the building stock. Hence my 'shreds' remark. My original comment was merely a criticism of Holiday Inn's unimaginative attempts to trade on Ancaster's historical reputation, instead of coming up with something original that might actually contribute to the tattered suburban fabric.