Barra on Queen | 7 fl | Complete

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I forget where I saw this idea, but it's to have a limited number of officially heritage designated buildings (possibly proportional to population or building count). So once you've got a full basket of heritage protected buildings, adding a new one means removing one.

I like this idea. In KW where there is relatively little character the Old Bauer building (two story one in the South West corner of Allen and King) is worth saving whereas say, in Paris such a building would be in the bottom 50% of structures. It would make a lot of sense then to shift the scale upwards by removing protection from the lesser heritage structures as time goes by.

People forget that one of the reasons Paris is so nice is that they are merciless with their average buildings, some of which are actually quite pleasant. Walk up and down champ Elysees to see the mixture of old and new architecture that takes place there. Here are two recent examples neither one of which is my cup of tea, but they do illustrate my point to a tee.