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Originally Posted by J.OT13
DESIGNATE HISTORIC NOW!!!
—! Move a few — buildings from Sussex, move a bland building at Lansdowne, save a shell of a former school at the back of the Market, save some horse racing track but knock down an architectural masterpiece of a historic department store and a church that was once the heart of the francophone population in Ottawa.
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I vehemently agree with this. Ottawa's historic status designation completely reactive. It only kicks in when a property is threatened.
We need a proactive study to identify historic buildings.