Doppleganger
Active Member
I suppose what worries me most is the seeming alacrity with which the city approved this. The precedent was set long ago and is based on a false premise of historical/architectural conservancy that has now become dogma at city hall, namely that by preserving a facade or two or incorporating a portion of an existing structure into a new build, we are somehow paying stewardship to our past. Taken to its extreme, this same disregard for our built heritage is what led to the loss of some of this city's finest architectural treasures, including the old art deco 'Toronto Star Building' in 1972, the Georgian terraced 'Walnut Hall' in 2006, and now, potentially, even the 1958 mid-century modern 'Shell Oil Building' at 505 University Ave.
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