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Originally Posted by Beedok
Any what builds will be eligible for heritage protection in 100 years? Looking back at history, the small minority not torn down in 50 years for being ‘aging eyesores’.
So many widely loved buildings today were hated when they were built, and even more were seen as outdated junk people wanted torn down at some point during their lifespan.
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The amt of heritage buildings torn down were mainly due to the fact it became too expensive to upkeep them, they were too cold etc
Things like kresges were contested as to whether or not they were worth keeping - I think if the stamped designs had been left on the buildings top and not torn down they might have been able to save the podium - but in the 80s they seemed to go through this trend of destroying anything classical or detailed they could.
These days however the requirements for how you can harm or tear down a building are much more strict - it's why the pre-confederate buildings on the south side of king in gore park were left.. well to rot at this point - I honestly hope they salvage them, as the designs for what they want to do look very nice. How crazy is it that we can't even USE the south side of our downtown core? The very place that used to be the heart of shopping. There used to be so much class down here that the presidents wife from the USA actually came specifically down here to shop for china for the white house at one point. Everyone forgets hamilton used to have CLASS.
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