Recent content by Builder: 1st Do No Harm

I grudgingly accept.😄

I agree with every word of that.

All right, but let the developer find a less worthy building to knock down. Heaven knows one could be found somewhere on Univ. The Tata Building for instance.

Thank you for sharing this. [Swear word] marvellous!😄 Good news for a change.

A floor pitch of over 15 feet is remarkable. In a way it seems like an extravagance meant to compensate for the shoehorning into a crowded lot and the dull ordinariness of the exterior design. Like if a pair of shoes is dreary, install 6" platform soles under them. It's like the Goldman Sachs...

Enjoyed the gallery. Thanks. When were the b&w shots taken? Right around 1980? What's under construction here, Harbour Square Apartments? The then-Harbour Castle Hilton? I applaud the likably weird depth of field compression.

Sorry you're being bullied like this. It's awful but very run-of-the-mill for people to get a tiny amount of 'authority' and then abuse it.

"Provoke a fight"? In my view it's not a fight until someone comes along and throws a punch, and you just did. Up till such a point it's just as fairly seen as trying to provoke a discussion, trying to provoke agreement, or simply saying what he/she thinks. To make myself as clear as possible...

The OP reminds me of the outrage felt by people of various indigenous tribes around the world during the advent of photography a long time ago. They complained bitterly that taking pictures of them amounted to the theft of their souls. 😄

I didn't say anything about making friends. I was talking about him gaining support for preserving this beautiful building. Anyone who's ever had a friend is likely to instinctively understand the distinction quite well. That said, my reply directly concerned the column he wrote in The Globe...

Thanks for the chart. It doesn't break out the usage by sense, so I'm satisfied that the trend upwards in the 1950-1990 period simply reflects the enormous increase during that time of interest in and discussion of sex and reproduction. The Kinsey Report came out in 1953 and I probably don't...

Thanks for the heads-up and link to your column. I appreciate your effort to save the building, but I fear you made few allies and many enemies by tying it in with a plea to tear down houses in residential neighbourhoods and replace them with mid-rise apartment buildings. Maybe you should have...

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That's nice work, Alex. Thanks.

Right, because political parties never have any influence on governmental bodies ordinarily staffed by political hacks.