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I think the Sacred Heart building would be much more viable. But then the city doesn't own it, the catholic church does. (And the provincial government owns the courthouse.)
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If someone is dead-set on getting rid of it, why not propose moving it to an ion station that isn't part of the current art programme?
It would look splendid at Northfield, Seagram, or even Waterloo Town Square.
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How about a time capsule? We could bury it under one of the new LRT stations, and in 200 years they can enjoy it all over again.
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In the new announcements about rental housing & housing prices one of the details is to use vacant provincially owned properties for affordable housing. Made me think of the courthouse.
Given the lack of windows, it may be a big project to retrofit the building for that use, but it's a great location for affordable housing. Close to school, library, groceries, market, transit, etc.
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I don't think it would be realistic to convert the existing building. It would really need to get torn down (keep the worm though!) and redeveloped using purpose-built housing.
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I think it'd be cheaper to start over from scratch if housing is the goal there.
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You should be hearing shortly, but there are plans for the old courthouse (and it's not housing).
Hopefully there will be an official announcement from the Region next Wednesday.
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Seems a logical transition to me. They may not even have to do many modifications.